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Negative - Cataract Gorge, Launceston, Tasmania, circa 1900, The Duck Reach hydro-electric generating station in the second basin of the Cataract Gorge near Launceston. There are steps up the cliff face on the right and a suspension bridge in the foreground. Flume and penstock are above the station. This was the first hydro-electricity station in the world used to provide power to a city and first operated in 1895. In 1929, the station was largely destroyed.
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Negative - Cataract Gorge, Launceston, Tasmania, circa 1900, The Duck Reach hydro-electric generating station in the second basin of the Cataract Gorge near Launceston. There are steps up the cliff face on the right and a suspension bridge in the foreground. Flume and penstock are above the station. This was the first hydro-electricity station in the world used to provide power to a city and first operated in 1895. In 1929, the station was largely destroyed
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Album / quintlox
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3424 x 2604 px | 25.5 MB
Print size:
29.0 x 22.0 cm | 11.4 x 8.7 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1895 • 1929 • CATARACT GORGE • CIRCA 1900 • CITIES • CITY • CIUDAD • CLIFF FACE • CLOSE UP • CLOSE-UP • CLOSEUP • DUCK REACH HYDRO-ELECTRIC GENERATING STATION • FIRST HYDRO-ELECTRICITY STATION • FIRST OPERATED • FLUME • FOREGROUND • LARGELY DESTROYED • LAUNCESTON • NEGATIVE PHOTOGRAPH • NEGATIVE • PENSTOCK • PROVIDE POWER • RIGHT • SECOND BASIN • STATION • STEPS UP • SUSPENSION BRIDGE • TASMANIA • TOWN • TOWNS • WORLD
