Powerhouse or power house may refer to: *

Power station A power station, also referred to as a power plant and sometimes generating station or generating plant, is an industrial facility for the generation of electric power. Power stations are generally connected to an electrical grid. Many ...

, a facility (or former facility) for the generation of electric power

Businesses

Powerhouse (shop) Powerhouse was a United Kingdom electrical goods retail chain which went into administration in 2003 and finally entered receivership in August 2006. At one time it was the third largest trader in the UK electrical goods market. Company history ...

, a former electrical goods chain in the United Kingdom * Powerhouse Animation Studios, an animation studio *

powerHouse Books powerHouse Books is an independent publisher of art and photography books founded in 1995 by Daniel Power, based near the Brooklyn waterfront of DUMBO in The powerHouse Arena. The powerHouse Arena also serves as a gallery, bookstore, and event ...

, a Brooklyn-based publisher of high-end art and photography books *

Dick Smith Electronics Powerhouse Dick Smith Holdings Limited (formerly Dick Smith, Dick Smith Electronics or DSE) was an Australian chain of retail stores that sold consumer electronics goods, hobbyist electronic components, and electronic project kits. The chain expanded succ ...

, a chain of electronics stores operating in Australia and New Zealand

Power stations

Power House (Alcatraz) The Power House is an electrical supply building on the northwest coast of Alcatraz Island, off the coast of San Francisco, USA. It was constructed in 1939 for $186,000 as part of a $1.1 million modernization scheme which also included the water t ...

, a power station on Alcatraz Island *

Powerhouse Museum The Powerhouse Museum is the major branch of the Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences (MAAS) in Sydney, the others being the historic Sydney Observatory at Observatory Hill, and the newer Museums Discovery Centre at Castle Hill. Although often de ...

, former power station, now science and technology museum in Sydney, Australia * The Powerhouse (San Luis Obispo, California), former power station on the campus of California Polytechnic State University

Venues

Powerhouse (club) Powerhouse is a gay friendly club and venue in Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne ( RP: , ), or simply Newcastle, is a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. The city is located on the River Tyne's northern bank an ...

, a gay club in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK *

Brisbane Powerhouse Brisbane Powerhouse is an arts and cultural hub located in a former power station in the Brisbane suburb of New Farm, Queensland, Australia. The venue offers an array of performing arts, visual arts, festivals, and free community events. The fir ...

, a performing arts center in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia * Powerhouse, a club overlooking

Albert Park and Lake Albert Park is a large public park in the City of Port Phillip, an inner suburban LGA of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Located south of the Melbourne central business district, the park encompasses of parkland around the long Albert Par ...

in Melbourne, Australia * Powerhouse Theater, a collaboration between New York Stage and Film and Vassar College

Literature

* '' The Power-House'', a 1916 novel by John Buchan *

Powerhouse (comics) Powerhouse is a name used by several different fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Powerhouse (Rieg Davan) Publication history Powerhouse first appeared in '' Nova #2'' (October 1976), and was cr ...

, comic book characters * "Powerhouse", a short story by

Eudora Welty Eudora Alice Welty (April 13, 1909 – July 23, 2001) was an American short story writer, novelist and photographer who wrote about the American South. Her novel '' The Optimist's Daughter'' won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973. Welty received numerou ...

Music

Artists

Powerhouse (rock band) Geordie ( ) are a British rock band from Newcastle upon Tyne, most notably active in the 1970s. History Formation (1971–1980) The original (from February 1972) Geordie line-up included: Vic Malcolm (lead guitar), Tom Hill (bass guitar), B ...

, a British hard rock band which formed after the breakup of the band Geordie in 1984 *

Powerhouse (1997 band) Powerhouse is a British production duo of Hamilton Dean and Julian Slatter who reached #38 in the UK with "Rhythm of the Night" in December 1997. References

{{Authority control British musical duos Musical groups established in 1997 Musi ...

, reached #38 in the UK with "Rhythm of the Night" in December 1997 *

Powerhouse (1999 band) What You Need is a song by American producer and DJ Powerhouse featuring Duane Harden. It was released in May 1999 as a single and reached to number-one on the US ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. There was also a first song to be ...

, responsible for 1999's "What You Need" * Eric Clapton and the Powerhouse, a British blues studio supergroup formed in 1966 * "Powerhouse", an alias used by the composer Simon Power for his 1988 hit "On the Floor"

Albums

* ''Powerhouse'' (Deep Purple album), 1977 * ''Powerhouse'' (The Jazz Crusaders album), 1969 * ''Powerhouse'' (Mustasch album), 2005 * ''Powerhouse'' (Planningtorock album), 2018 * ''Powerhouse'' (White Heart album), 1990

Songs

* "Powerhouse" (instrumental), a 1937 composition by Raymond Scott

Television

* ''Powerhouse'' (TV series), a 1982 United States television series * ''Power House'' (talkshow), a Filipino talkshow

Other uses

Powerhouse Arts District, Jersey City The Powerhouse Arts District is a historic warehouse district in Downtown Jersey City, New Jersey, United States, on the water front of the Hudson River. Its name derives from the unused generating station Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Powerhouse, ...

PowerHouse (programming language) PowerHouse is a byte-compiled fourth-generation programming language (or 4GL) originally produced by Quasar Corporation (later renamed Cognos Incorporated) for the Hewlett-Packard '' HP3000'' mini-computer, as well as Data General and DEC VAX ...

, a 1980s programming language by Cognos Corporation * ''Powerhouse'' (video game), a 1995 computer game by Impressions Games, now part of Vivendi SA * Powerhouse fruits and vegetables, or superfoods, describing foods with supposed health benefits *

Powerhouse Hobbs William Hobson (born January 23, 1991), better known by the ring name Powerhouse Hobbs, is an American professional wrestler signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Early life Hobson attended Sequoia High School in Redwood City, California, whe ...

(born 1991), ring name of professional wrestler William Hobson {{disambiguation