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Powerhouse or Power House may refer to:
- Power station, a facility for the generation of electric power
Businesses
- Powerhouse (shop), a former electrical goods chain in the United Kingdom
- powerHouse Books, a Brooklyn-based publisher of high-end art and photography books
- Dick Smith Electronics Powerhouse, a chain of electronics stores operating in Australia and New Zealand
In arts and entertainment
In literature
- The Power-House, a 1916 novel by John Buchan
- Powerhouse (comics), the name of several fictional characters in the Marvel Comics Universe
- "Powerhouse", a short story by Eudora Welty
In music
Musical artists
- Powerhouse (rock band), a British hard rock band which formed after the breakup of the band Geordie in 1984
- Powerhouse (1997 band), reached #38 in the UK with "Rhythm of the Night" in December 1997
- Powerhouse (1999 band), 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"
Recordings
- Powerhouse (Mustasch album), 2005
- Powerhouse (Deep Purple album), 1977
- Powerhouse (White Heart album), 1990
- Powerhouse (The Jazz Crusaders album), 1969
- "Powerhouse" (instrumental), a 1937 composition by Raymond Scott, featured in many Warner Bros. cartoons
Venues
- Powerhouse (club), a gay club in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
- Powerhouse Arts District, Jersey City
- Brisbane Powerhouse, a performing arts center in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Powerhouse, a club overlooking Albert Park and Lake in Melbourne, Australia
- Powerhouse Theater, a collaboration between New York Stage and Film and Vassar College
Other uses in arts and entertainment
- Powerhouse (TV series), a 1982 United States television series
- Power House (talkshow), a Filipino talkshow
- Powerhouse (video game), a 1995 computer game by Impressions Games, now part of Vivendi SA
Other uses
- Power House (Alcatraz), a power station on Alcatraz Island
- PowerHouse (programming language), a 1980s programming language by Cognos Corporation
- Powerhouse Museum, a science and technology museum in Sydney, Australia
- In contract bridge, an unusually strong hand, usually holding very high trumps
- PowerHouse, a discontinued candy bar manufactured by Peter Paul Candy Manufacturing Company
- Powerhouse fruits and vegetables, or superfoods, describing foods with supposed health benefits
- Mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell
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