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Bronte Lagoon
Bronte Lagoon is a lake that was created by Hydro Tasmania in the 1950s along with Bradys Lake, Lake Binney and Tungatinah Lagoon as water storages for the Tungatinah Power Station on the Nive River. It is located in the Central Highlands of Tasmania south of Lyell Highway, connected to Brady's Lake by Woodwards Canal. It is an area where holiday shacks have been made on crown land. Bronte Park, the location north of this lake, on the other side of the Lyell Highway, was in the late 1940s and early 1950s a Hydro Tasmania Hydro Tasmania, known for most of its history as the Hydro-Electric Commission (HEC) or The Hydro, is the trading name of the Hydro-Electric Corporation, a Tasmanian Government business enterprise which is the predominant electricity generator i ... construction village for the ''Nive Development'' (later known as the '' Tarraleah Power Development'') page 10 - 11 References Central Highlands (Tasmania) Lakes of Tasmania {{CentralHighl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bronte Lagoon
Bronte Lagoon is a lake that was created by Hydro Tasmania in the 1950s along with Bradys Lake, Lake Binney and Tungatinah Lagoon as water storages for the Tungatinah Power Station on the Nive River. It is located in the Central Highlands of Tasmania south of Lyell Highway, connected to Brady's Lake by Woodwards Canal. It is an area where holiday shacks have been made on crown land. Bronte Park, the location north of this lake, on the other side of the Lyell Highway, was in the late 1940s and early 1950s a Hydro Tasmania Hydro Tasmania, known for most of its history as the Hydro-Electric Commission (HEC) or The Hydro, is the trading name of the Hydro-Electric Corporation, a Tasmanian Government business enterprise which is the predominant electricity generator i ... construction village for the ''Nive Development'' (later known as the '' Tarraleah Power Development'') page 10 - 11 References Central Highlands (Tasmania) Lakes of Tasmania {{CentralHighl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hydro Tasmania
Hydro Tasmania, known for most of its history as the Hydro-Electric Commission (HEC) or The Hydro, is the trading name of the Hydro-Electric Corporation, a Tasmanian Government business enterprise which is the predominant electricity generator in the state of Tasmania, Australia. The Hydro was originally oriented towards hydro-electricity, due to Tasmania's dramatic topography and relatively high rainfall in the central and western parts of the state. Today Hydro Tasmania operates thirty hydro-electric and one gas power station, and is a joint owner in three wind farms. The Minister for Energy, currently the Hon. Guy Barnett MP, has portfolio responsibility for Hydro Tasmania. Hydro Tasmania operates under the ''Government Business Enterprises (GBE) Act'' 1995 and the ''Hydro-Electric Corporation Act'' 1995, and has a reporting requirement to the Treasurer of Tasmania, currently the Hon. Michael Ferguson (Australian politician) MP. Hydro Tasmania was projected to pay the Tasma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tungatinah Power Station
The Tungatinah Power Station is a conventional hydroelectric power station located in the Central Highlands region of Tasmania, Australia. The power station is situated on the Upper River Derwent catchment and is owned and operated by Hydro Tasmania. Technical details Part of the Derwent scheme that comprises eleven hydroelectric power stations, the Tungatinah Power Station is the second station in the scheme, adjacent to the Nive River. The power station is located aboveground adjacent to the Nive River. The headworks are quite complex with several dams (including the Bronte Lagoon formed by Bronte Dam, Bradys Lake formed by Bradys Dam, Lake Binney and the Tungatinah Lagoon), a tunnel, canals, pipelines, flumes their associated control gates and a pump station. Water is diverted from the Tungatinah Lagoon by a short tunnel with surge shaft and then descends through five steel penstocks to the power station. The power station was commissioned between 1953 and 1956 by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Highlands (Tasmania)
The Central Highlands is a region in Tasmania, Australia where geographical and administrative boundaries closely coincide. It is also known as ''The Lake Country of Tasmania''. Geographical region The mountains of Central Tasmania are mainly found in four different conservation reserves: * Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park - in the western part * Walls of Jerusalem National Park - in the central part * Central Plateau Conservation Area in the eastern part Administrative region The Central Highlands Council incorporates most of the highland region. Former Hydro communities Early power developments by Hydro Tasmania in the Central Highlands included the communities of workers who were employed in construction. Significant numbers of the communities were migrants to Australia The Tarraleah Power Station, Tarraleah community was one established in 1934 which was a significant early community for the Upper Derwent Power Development. The part of Tarraleah known as ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyell Highway
The Lyell Highway (Route A10) is a highway in Tasmania, running from Hobart to Queenstown. It is the one of two transport routes that passes through the West Coast Range, the other being the Anthony Road. Name The name is derived from Mount Lyell, the mountain peak where copper was found in the late 19th century; the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company was the predominant business in Queenstown for almost 100 years. Hobart to Central Highlands section Starting at Granton it winds along the southern side of the Derwent River in a generally north westerly direction to New Norfolk. This section has in the past been susceptible to flooding. At New Norfolk it crosses the Derwent River and winds its way through hilly terrain to Hamilton. Just prior to Hamilton is the turnoff to Bothwell via a sealed route that passes Arthurs Lake and ultimately goes on to Launceston. Central Highlands section After Hamilton, the small town of Ouse is the only other population cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bronte Park, Tasmania
Bronte Park is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Central Highlands in the Central LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about north-west of the town of Hamilton. The 2016 census recorded a population of 28 for the state suburb of Bronte Park. It is a locality on the Marlborough Highway at the southern edge of the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park. It is located just north of the Lyell Highway and approximately halfway in between Hobart and Queenstown, and is also almost exactly in the geographic centre of the island. Bronte Park is north of Bronte Lagoon, an artificial lake in the Central Highlands. History Bronte Park was gazetted as a locality in 1963. It is now primarily a tourist village catering to trout fishermen, kayakers and walkers, but was established in the 1940s as accommodation for workers on the Tasmanian Hydro Electric Commission's 'Tungatinah Scheme', 'Nive River Scheme' and other associated works in the vicinity. By th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarraleah, Tasmania
Tarraleah is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Central Highlands in the Central LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about north-west of the town of Hamilton. The 2016 census has a population of nil for the state suburb of Tarraleah. The small town is 126 km north-west of the state capital Hobart, and slightly closer to Queenstown. History Tarraleah was gazetted as a locality in 1971. The township was built in the 1930s by the Hydro Electric Commission to house Tasmania's pioneering hydro electricity officers and management. Nive Road Post Office opened in 1934 and was renamed Tarraleah in 1935. Geography The Derwent River flows through from west to south, where it forms part of the southern boundary. Lake Binney is contained within the locality, as is Tarraleah Power Station. Road infrastructure Route A10 (Lyell Highway) passes through from south-east to north. Route C601 (Fourteen Mile Road) starts at an intersection with A10 and runs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
