Hydro: a century of highs and lows

By Alexandra Humphries
Updated October 25 2014 - 5:23pm, first published October 24 2014 - 9:23pm
Workers came from around the world to build the Hydro scheme.
Workers came from around the world to build the Hydro scheme.

IN 1914, the Tasmanian government bought a small, struggling electricity company, and called it the Hydro-Electric Department.

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