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Duck Reach Power Station

 
Electricity provider   Landmark and historical place  
Duck Reach Power Station was the first publicly owned hydro-electric plant in the Southern Hemisphere, and provided the Tasmanian city of Launceston with hydro-electric power from its construction in 1895 to its closure in 1955.ConstructionThe site was picked by Launceston city surveyor and engineer Charles St John David in 1892.The penstock ran diagonally down the hill into the centre of the rear of the power station where it channeled in to successively smaller pipes and finally to eight Siemens turbines. Read more
Address:
Duck Reach Trail
Trevallyn
Web site:
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