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Grafton, Hydro-Electric Power Station

from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection

• highplains68 said:

  This hydro scheme still supplies Grafton and the surrounding region but it is actually located at Nymboida. It is an interesting scene and impossible these days on account of tree growth.

• Leona james said:

  Superb posts with lots of information!!! This is really the most miraculous blog site dude…. electrical contractor brisbane

Generator hall of the powerhouse, Chickamauga Dam, Tenn. The dam, located near Chattanooga, 471 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River, has an authorized power installation of 81,000 kw., which can be increased to a possible ultimate of 108,000 kw.

from The Library of Congress

• onersix said:

  I drive over this dam everyday!

"Elaborate technical wheel" is of course the Laxey Wheel, Isle of Man

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

• 11 older comments, and then…
• Rory Sherlock said:

  That's the Laxey Wheel on the Isle of Man en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laxey_Wheel

• beachcomber australia said:

  Spot the differences! Might help with relative dating ... via The Library of Congress via Photos of the Past

• beachcomber australia said:

  And 49 seconds of the contraption working -

• Clear Eggnog said:

  how wonderful, man's ingenuity.

• Colin said:

  And very much still there today, possibly the islands most visited attraction.