Tarraleah Power Station
| Tarraleah Power Station | |
|---|---|
 Penstocks feeding the Tarraleah power station | |
  Location of Tarraleah Power Station in Tasmania | |
| Country | Australia |
| Location | Central Highlands of Tasmania |
| Coordinates | 42°18′05″S 146°27′26″E / 42.30133°S 146.45715°ECoordinates: 42°18′05″S 146°27′26″E / 42.30133°S 146.45715°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | 1938 |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 6 x 15 MW Pelton turbine |
| Nameplate capacity | 90 MW |
Tarraleah Power Station is a hydroelectric power station on the Upper Derwent River in the Central Highlands of Tasmania.
Construction camp and community
The Upper Derwent River was developed at a time in 1934 when the Hydro only had 2 working power stations. In 1934 the Derwent Valley Power Development power scheme was approved by Tasmanian parliament, with the Tarraleah Power Station as the first completed power station of that scheme.[1]
Ticklebelly Flat - the nickname for the married quarters at Tarraleah Camp number 2 in the 1930s - is a name for the history of the Hydro by Heather Fenton, known as Ticklebelly Tales.[2]
Power station
It was opened in 1938.[3][4][5][6]
It has six Pelton class turbines, with a generating capacity of 90 megawatts (120,000 hp) of electricity.
References
- ↑ p.76 - On the Upper Derwent - chapter 3 (pp.76-120) of Felton, Heather; Hydro Tasmania (2008), Ticklebelly tales and other stories from the people of the Hydro, Hydro Tasmania, ISBN 978-0-646-47724-4
- ↑ Photo on page 118 of Lupton of the community in 1937 - Lupton, Roger (1999), Lifeblood : Tasmania's hydro power, Focus Pub, ISBN 978-1-875359-33-2
- ↑ Tasmania. Hydro-Electric Commission (1938), Tarraleah power development, The Commission, retrieved 25 November 2014
- ↑ Austral Archaeology Pty Ltd (David Parham); Ian Terry (April 2007), Tarraleah Power Station—Conservation Management Plan (PDF), retrieved 2012-02-01
- ↑ Hydro Tasmania (2000), The Tarraleah Power Station : history, [Tasmania] Hydro Tasmania, retrieved 25 November 2014
- ↑ Terry, Ian (2006), "'The transformation of a wilderness': the development of the Tarraleah power station, 1934-1951 [Paper delivered to a meeting of the Tasmanian Historical Research Association on 14 March 2006.]", Papers and Proceedings Tasmanian Historical Research Association) 53 (4): 197–209, ISSN 0039-9809
External links
- Hydro Tasmania page on the Upper Derwent
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