Corporate Body

Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme (1949 - )

From
17 October 1949
New South Wales, Australia
Functions
Resources, Public Utilities and Energy
Website
http://www.snowyhydro.com.au

Summary

Construction of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme began in October 1949. The work was completed in 1974, when all power stations were operational.

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Published resources

Books

  • Collis, Brad, Snowy: the making of modern Australia (Sydney: Hodder & Stoughton, 1990), 304 pp. Details
  • Neal, Laura Margaret, Snowy Mountains Story (Cooma: Cooma Municipal Council, 1979). Details

Journal Articles

  • Dann, H. E., 'Two decades of engineering - the Snowy Mountains Scheme', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 41 (3) (1969), 23-30. Details
  • Dann, H. E.; Pinkerton, I. L.; Warrell, E. G.; Blake, R. H.; Frost, A. C. H.; Shellshear, W. M., 'The investigation, design, construction and commissioning of the Guthega Project of the Snowy Mountains Scheme', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 29 (1957), 129-158. Details

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See also

Ailie Smith

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