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Duck Reach Power Station

Duck Reach Power Station

Year

1895

Style

Federation

Type

building

The Duck Reach Power Station was the first publicly-owned hydroelectric power station in the Southern Hemisphere. The site was picked by Launceston surveyor and engineer Charles St John David in 1892. A low diversion weir was constructed…

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