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Duck Reach Power Station

Duck Reach Power Station was the first publicly owned hydro-electric plant in the Southern Hemisphere, and provided the city of with hydro-electric power from its construction in 1895 to its closure in 1955.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: former power station in Launceston, Tasmania,
  • Also known as: “Interpretation Centre (Duck Reach Power Station)”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Launceston General Hospital and Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery.

Hospital
The is one of the three main public hospitals in , . It is located in and serves the north of the state. is situated 3 km northeast of Duck Reach Power Station.

Museum
Photo: Kspilling, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery is a located in , Australia. It is the largest museum in Australia not located in a capital city. is situated 3 km northeast of Duck Reach Power Station.

Bridge
Photo: Jorge Láscar, CC BY 2.0.
King's Bridge is a wrought-iron bridge crossing the at the mouth of the in , . Construction of the bridge began in 1864. is situated 2½ km northeast of Duck Reach Power Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Summerhill and West Launceston.

Suburb
is a residential locality in the local government areas of Launceston and in the Launceston LGA region of . The locality is about 6 kilometres south of the town of .

Suburb
is a residential locality in the local government area of Launceston in the Launceston LGA region of . The locality is about 3 kilometres south-west of the town of .

Suburb
is a rural/residential locality in the local government areas of and in the Launceston LGA region of .

Duck Reach Power Station

Latitude
-41.45912° or 41° 27′ 33″ south
Longitude
147.11131° or 147° 6′ 41″ east
Open location code
4RC9G4R6+9G
Open­Street­Map ID
way 186404799
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q5311467
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Duck Reach Power Station”. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.