Construction
The site was picked by Launcestor city surveyor and engineer Charles St John David in 1892.
The penstock ran diagonally down the hill into the center of the rear of the power station where it channeled in to successively smaller pipes and finally to eight Siemens turbines.
Read more about this topic: Duck Reach Power Station
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