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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dimco_Buildings > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dimco_Buildings.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimco_Buildings > Source revision: 1343567793 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Historic structure in White City, London}} {{use dmy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox building | name = Dimco Buildings | native_name = | former_names = | alternate_names = | image = Dimco Buildings.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = The Dimco Buildings | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_alt = | map_caption = | altitude = | building_type = Power Generating Station | architectural_style = [Victorian](/source/Victorian_era) | structural_system = Timber frame, brick | cost = | ren_cost = | location = [White City, London](/source/White_City%2C_London) | location_town = | location_country = England | address = | client = | owner = | current_tenants = [London Buses](/source/London_Buses) | landlord = | coordinates = | construction_start_date = 1898 | completion_date = | inauguration_date = | renovation_date = | demolished_date = | destruction_date = | height = | diameter = | other_dimensions = | floor_count = | floor_area = | main_contractor = | architect = [Harry Bell Measures](/source/Harry_Bell_Measures) | architecture_firm = | structural_engineer = | services_engineer = [Horace Field Parshall](/source/Horace_Field_Parshall) | civil_engineer = | other_designers = | quantity_surveyor = | awards = | ren_architect = | ren_firm = | ren_str_engineer = | ren_serv_engineer = | ren_civ_engineer = | ren_oth_designers = | ren_qty_surveyor = | ren_awards = | url = | references = }} The '''Dimco Buildings''' are a pair of 19th-century structures in [White City, London](/source/White_City%2C_London), just north of [Shepherd's Bush](/source/Shepherd's_Bush). Originally built in 1898 as an electric railway [power station](/source/power_station), they are now in use as a [bus station](/source/bus_station). ==History== The Dimco Buildings were constructed in 1898 to house an engine house and boiler house for the Wood Lane electricity generating station serving the [Wood Lane depot](/source/White_City_depot) of the [Central London Railway](/source/Central_London_Railway) (CLR), the precursor of present-day [Central line](/source/Central_line_(London_Underground)) on the [London Underground](/source/London_Underground) network. The architect was [Harry Bell Measures](/source/Harry_Bell_Measures), who was also responsible for a number of station buildings on the original CLR.{{NHLE |num=1079757 |desc=Dimco Machine Tools |grade=II |access-date=13 May 2020}} The power station closed on 18 March 1928 when power for the line began to be supplied from [Lots Road Power Station](/source/Lots_Road_Power_Station).{{cite book|last1=Day|first1=John R|last2=Reed|first2=John|orig-year=1963|year=2010|page=98|edition=11th|title=The Story of London's Underground|publisher=Capital Transport|isbn=978-1-85414-341-9}} After closure, the buildings were taken over by Dimco, an Italian machine tools company.{{cite book |last1=Cherry |first1=Bridget |last2=Pevsner |first2=Nikolaus |title=London 3: North West |date=1 January 2002 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0-300-09652-1 |page=225 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AuvCfuvUy-0C&pg=PA225 |access-date=30 December 2022 |language=en}} After falling derelict for a number of years, the Dimco Buildings were refurbished in 2007-8 and now house the [White City bus station](/source/White_City_bus_station), located next to the [Westfield London](/source/Westfield_London) shopping centre, one of the largest in Europe. Since 1988, the Dimco Buildings have been [Grade II listed](/source/Grade_II_listed) for their historic significance as the earliest surviving example of an electricity generating station built for the London Underground. ==In popular culture== The Dimco buildings were used as a [filming location](/source/filming_location) for the [Acme Factory](/source/Acme_Corporation) in the 1988 film ''[Who Framed Roger Rabbit](/source/Who_Framed_Roger_Rabbit)'', and later served as the interior of the [British Museum](/source/British_Museum) in ''[The Mummy Returns](/source/The_Mummy_Returns)'' (2001).{{cite web|url=http://www.movie-locations.com/movies/w/whoframed.html|title=Who Framed Roger Rabbit filming locations|author=The Worldwide Guide to Movie Locations|access-date=2007-10-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060326214824/http://www.movie-locations.com/movies/w/whoframed.html|archive-date=26 March 2006}} British girl group [Girls Aloud](/source/Girls_Aloud) also filmed the music video for their debut single "[Sound of the Underground](/source/Sound_of_the_Underground_(song))" in the Dimco Building on 2 December 2002, just two days after they had been formed on ''[Popstars: The Rivals](/source/Popstars%3A_The_Rivals)''. ==See also== {{Portal|London|Energy|London transport}} *[History of Shepherd's Bush](/source/History_of_Shepherd's_Bush) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{commons category}} *[http://www.londonarchitecture.co.uk/Building/1320795850/The-Dimco-Buildings.php The Dimco Buildings - London Architecture]. {{London Powerstations}} {{Coord|51.5087|-0.2231|type:landmark_region:GB-HMF|display=title}} Category:Coal-fired power stations in England Category:Former power stations in London Category:Grade II listed buildings in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Category:White City, London Category:Transport design in London Category:History of the London Underground --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Dimco Buildings](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimco_Buildings) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimco_Buildings?action=history)). 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