Friday, June 19, 2009

Electricity Museum


The Electricity Museum was inaugurated in 2006. It is located on the bank of the Tagus river, in Lisbon and occupies the building of the important Central Tejo, built 1914/1919, that supplied the city during most of the 20th century. 

21 comments:

brattcat said...

Very fine series of photos of the Electricity Museum. And congratulations on your much deserved award.

Olivier said...

c'est un beau musée, j'aime bien la deuxième photo avec le pont en fond
it is a nice museum, I like the second photograph well with the bridge in bottom

Tanya Breese said...

Great photos JM and I'm with Olivier, I really like the middle one especially...hey, congrats on your award!!

That is the chicken said...

What a glorious building and I love the huge art work! It reminds me of the modern art gallery in the old Battersea power station in London. Very cool!

Lowell said...

Another set of superb photographs. It just strikes me as humorous that there is a museum dedicated to electricity...

I suppose it makes sense, I mean, not much is as important to the modern world than electricity...

Maybe they have paintings of fuse boxes?

;-))

You are the well-deserved recipient of this award, JM!

Small City Scenes said...

Super shots. What a greand looking building. I, too, like the middle picture with the bridge in the background.

Nice award. MB

Sharon said...

Congratulations on the award. Well deserved.
I love this building! The brick work is great and I love the long narrow windows. I could picture this building sitting somewhere in the midwest of the U.S.

Cezar and Léia said...

Great pictures and congratulations for your award! Your blog is wonderful!
Léia

cieldequimper said...

Congratulations! This building is fabulous, I love the contrasts.

joo said...

Superb building and interestin idea!
Congratulation on your award:)

Prospero said...

Very interesting building. And I like that circular mural on one of those tanks.

Buenos Aires Photoblog said...

It's freaking unbelievable that people were afraid of electricity back in the days. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is a very good example for this anxiety. Nowadays we have a whole museum just dedicated to electricity. That's great progress!

Julie said...

The mural on the old water tank is terrific and the fact that they put an electricity museum in a disused power station.

The final photo has some good line work in it, JM.

Bravo as always!

Babzy.B said...

wow the building is magnificent , i like the second shot !

Tiago Ralha said...

A obra foi fantástica, o edifício está muito interessante.
Parabéns pelo prémio :)

crocrodyl said...

Wow, it's a truly amazing building. Very impessive architecture, colours, form and everything else:)
Superb shots!
Regards,
m_m

Dina said...

An electricity museum! That is something I've never seen but would like to.
Mazal tov on your well-deserved award.

Kate said...

Geometric figures and lines always fascinate me. The fence and windows are great examples.

Daily Chicago Photo said...

The award is well-deserved! Your photos are great and present a great sense of your city.

humanobserver said...

How many awards you will receive dude ? lol. Every week you receive one award. Congrats :)

Danial Bigham said...

This museum is attractive but such as this museum no exist in iran .