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Line 1: The '''Battersea Power Station''' was the first in a series of very large (for the era) electrical generators set up in [[England]] in order to nationalize the grid. During the 1920's electricity supply was being set up by small companies who ~~build~~built stations dedicated to a single industry or group of factories, and sold off any excess power to the public. However, each company used their own equipment which led to all sorts of small plots where standards differed. One could not generally purchase an electrical applicance and know that it would work where one lived. Parliament finally decided that the power grid should be a single system under public ownership. This sparked a firestorm of protest from those who thought that the government should not be involved, and in the end it would be another 30 years before nationalization was completed.

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