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23-January-2020
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The Historic Engineering Marker commemorates the first electric street lighting in Tamworth in 1888.
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The Institution of Engineers Australia, through its Heritage Committees, established the Australian Historic Engineering Plaquing Program to acknowledge past engineering achievements and to draw public attention to the significant contributions they have made to society.The Plaquing Program is a means of bringing public recognition to significant historic engineering works and the engineers who created them. The Program is intended to contribute to the conservation of Australian engineering heritage.
Location
| Address: | 216 Peel Street, Tamworth Powerstation Museum, Tamworth, 2340 |
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| State: | NSW |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -31.087166 Long: 150.926909 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Plaque |
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| Monument Theme: | Technology |
| Sub-Theme: | Industry |
| Actual Event Start Date: | 09-November-1888 |
| Actual Event End Date: | 09-November-1988 |
Dedication
| Approx. Monument Dedication Date: | 1988 |
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Front Inscription
Plaque:
HISTORIC ENGINEERING
MARKER
TAMWORTH
STREET- LIGHTING PLANT
On 9 November 1888 The Tamworth Borough Council Inaugurated Australia`s First Electric Street - Lghting Plant On This Site. Two 12 Horsepower Steam Engines Driving Crompton 230 Volt 18Kw Dynamos Supplied Electricity to 52 Street Lights With Carbon Filament Lamps And & Arc Lights. The System Was Installed And Officially Operated By Sydney Electrical Engineers Harrison And Whiffen, Agents For R.E. Crompton & Co. Of England. Its Success Continued Significantly To The Acceptance Of Electric Lighting In Australia.
DEDICATED BY
THE INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS, AUSTRALIA, 1988
Source: MAPlaque:
HISTORIC ENGINEERING
MARKER
TAMWORTH
STREET- LIGHTING PLANT
On 9 November 1888 The Tamworth Borough Council Inaugurated Australia`s First Electric Street - Lghting Plant On This Site. Two 12 Horsepower Steam Engines Driving Crompton 230 Volt 18Kw Dynamos Supplied Electricity to 52 Street Lights With Carbon Filament Lamps And & Arc Lights. The System Was Installed And Officially Operated By Sydney Electrical Engineers Harrison And Whiffen, Agents For R.E. Crompton & Co. Of England. Its Success Continued Significantly To The Acceptance Of Electric Lighting In Australia.
DEDICATED BY
THE INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS, AUSTRALIA, 1988
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