 The site of Tasmania's first hydro power station. |
 Details of the original equipment which was very advanced for it's time |
 Expansion construction work around 1903 |
 Looks positively tiny doesn't it |
 The original power layout of 1895 |
 Post '29 floods configuration |
 This site is well up the side of the gorge |
 Station workers bluestone cottages on the oposite side of the gorge |
 Power station managers house |
 The original suspension bridge restored |
 Duck Reach power station on the Northern side of the gorge |
 LAUNCESTON The Duck Power Station being inundated by 1911 floodwaters cascading down the South Esk c.1911-002.jpg |
 View across susp. bridge |
 looking down the gorge on a quiet day |
 It's easy to imagine these waters turning into raging rapids |
 This water is travelling fast |
 This bridge is longer than it looks |
 The workers trundled across here every day and night |
 The original generating bed housed 6 generators |
 This has been set up with the original equipment on loan from the HEC |
 The full force of the devestating 1929 floods swept away the original station of 1895 |
 One of the original penstock pipelines |
 Water is released down here on a regular basis from Trevallyn Dam for water sports, including whitewater kayaking |
 The original pipeline was an engineering marvel for it's time |
 It was an amazing feat considering the ground it covered |
 Water turning through 90 degrees had trmendous pressure |
 The old winching room for hauling heavy goods and equipment across the gorge |
 The Duck Reach Power Station museum is open every day |
 Quietly brooding waters heading down Cataract Gorge |
 A lot of work went into the restoration of this suspension bridge |
 Itself quite a feat |