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Omanawa Falls Power Station

Omanawa Falls Power Station - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The Omanawa Falls Power Station is a run of the river hydroelectric facility on the Omanawa River, in the Bay of Plenty in New Zealand. Built in 1915 to supply electricity to the town of Tauranga, it was the Southern Hemisphere's first underground power station. Read more on Wikipedia

• type: dam
• date from: 1915

Source: en.wikipedia.org