• #272 Designing Dinorwig: Inside Electric Mountain

  • Apr 25 2024
  • Length: 41 mins
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#272 Designing Dinorwig: Inside Electric Mountain

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  • In late 1973 the UK’s Central Electricity Generating Board gained parliamentary approval to build the largest and most difficult pumped storage hydroelectric power station in its history. It was the largest civil engineering contract ever awarded by the government and became the biggest construction project in Europe. Engineering teams had to burrow 750m deep into...

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