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, Duck Reach hydro-electric generating station, second basin, steps up, cliff face, right, suspension bridge, foreground, Flume, penstock, station, first hydro-electricity station, world, provide power, city, first operated, 1895, 1929, largely destroyed
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