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Old 22-12-11, 07:36
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Mike, an amazing story and great photos too. Thanks Rick.
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Old 22-12-11, 09:40
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The first large generators installed in the Snowy Hydro scheme were British made . But the SMHEA quickly changed over to Japanese manufactured generaters , probably for cost reasons . MIKE
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Old 22-12-11, 11:03
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OK, I'm impressed. No CNC in those days.
Always wondered how deep an OxyAcet. would cut....
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Old 22-12-11, 20:15
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The machiene room would be a good adition to a mens shed
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Old 22-12-11, 21:56
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G'day All, Life was simpler back then, I noticed that no-one had any safety glasses, nor steel capped boots, OH&S can be a damn nuisance, but personally I would not turn anything on my lathe without them, great site and pictures, shame it's all history now, thanks for posting the link, cheers Dennis
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Old 07-01-12, 10:45
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"The first large generators installed in the Snowy Hydro scheme were British made . But the SMHEA quickly changed over to Japanese manufactured generaters , probably for cost reasons . MIKE"

The first power station at Guthega for the Snowy Mountain Athourity used to supply power for construction/accommadation etc was by diesal,
"They were Ex-German Submarine engines acquired by the French Government as reparation from the war. The Australian Government purchased them directly from the French."
To top it off, one of the installation supervisors was ex Luftwaffe, certainly ticked all the box's for Multi-Culturism even then.
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Old 07-01-12, 16:40
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interesting, that way back when, the Japanese were buying up lots of old British motorcycles, and reverse engineered them...Looked at the basic theory, and the actual constrution. The theory behind Brit design was pretty sound, the realization however much less so..The Japanese simply improved on some of the basic concepts, and voila, the jap bike invasion of the 70s began ...

would you agree-disagree that.... historically the Brits had wonderful and innovative theories, concepts and designs, but historically were also hampered by a failure to further develop and build upon those concepts and were bypassed by others?
and more so in civilian areas,..hampered by poor quality control and labour strife?
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