Sugarloaf Hydroelectric Power Station

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The former Sugarloaf Power Station and dam at Sugarloaf Reservoir (same location as present-day Lake Eildon) Sugarloaf-power-station-victoria.jpg
The former Sugarloaf Power Station and dam at Sugarloaf Reservoir (same location as present-day Lake Eildon)

The Sugarloaf Hydroelectric Power Station is a now decommissioned mini hydroelectric power station, opened 20 March 1929 by the Premier Sir William McPherson. [1]

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References

  1. "OPENING OF THE NEW HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER STATION AT SUGARLOAF(V.) RESERVOIR ON MARCH 20". The Australasian . Vol. CXXVI, no. 4, 186. Victoria, Australia. 30 March 1929. p. 67 (METROPOLITAN EDITION). Retrieved 7 January 2019 via National Library of Australia.