Sugarloaf Hydroelectric Power Station

Lake Eildon, in North Eastern Victoria on the Goulburn river, was known as Sugarloaf Reservoir before 1951. It is often confused with the new Sugarloaf Reservoir in Christmas Hills, near Melbourne.

The former Sugarloaf Power Station on Lake Eildon.

The Sugarloaf Hydroelectric Power Station is a now decommissioned mini hydroelectric power station at Sugarloaf Reservoir, near Melbourne, Victoria, Australia opened March 20th, 1929 by the Premier Sir William McPherson.[1] It is located at the outlet of the North-South Pipeline that carries water over the Great Dividing Range from the Goulburn River to Melbourne. It will recover approximately 40% of the energy used to pump water through the pipeline.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

References
  1. "OPENING OF THE NEW HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER STATION AT SUGARLOAF(V.) RESERVOIR ON MARCH 20". The Australasian. Vol. CXXVI, no. 4, 186. Victoria, Australia. 30 March 1929. p. 67 (METROPOLITAN EDITION). Retrieved 7 January 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. Hydro power plant to be added to Melbourne's water supply system, 8 October 2009, retrieved 9 February 2011
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  4. "SUGARLOAF-RUBICON HYDROELECTRIC SCHEME". Alexandra and Yea Standard and Yarck, Gobur, Thornton and Acheron Express. Vol. 56. Victoria, Australia. 3 July 1925. p. 4. Retrieved 7 January 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 25, 198. Victoria, Australia. 16 May 1927. p. 12. Retrieved 7 January 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "Sugarloaf-Rubicon Hydro-Electric Undertaking". Alexandra and Yea Standard and Yarck, Gobur, Thornton and Acheron Express. Vol. 56. Victoria, Australia. 30 March 1928. p. 3. Retrieved 7 January 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. "HYDRO-ELECTRIC WORKS. Sugarloaf Station Completed : Opening by Premier". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 25, 761. Victoria, Australia. 6 March 1929. p. 8. Retrieved 7 January 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. "Hydro-Electric Power". Shepparton Advertiser. No. 4465. Victoria, Australia. 15 April 1926. p. 4. Retrieved 7 January 2019 – via National Library of Australia.


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