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Limavady Part 4 - Power
The oldest hydro-electric station
in Ulster
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| Part of the
Hydro-Electric Turbine |
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| The Dynamo at
the Hydro-Electric station |
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Limavady had the first hydro electric station
in the province.It was built in an area now known
as the Roe Valley Country Park in the year 1896
by J.E.Ritter and supplied Limavady with electricity
until 1946 when it was taken over by the Electricity
Board of Northern Ireland. It ceased operating
in 1963. The machinery is still in position and
the station can be visited by arrangement with
the Roe Valley Country Park Warden. (Phone 028
777 22074) |
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Your Responses
Ken Mitchell - Apr '07
If memory serves, when I lived in the area during the mid
1950s there was a small diversion canal with moveable gates
that contolled water supply from the River Roe to the HEP
station. Since the public had access to the area and the gates
were eqipped with a simple winding mechanism, it seemed possible
for mischief makers to interrupt the flow by lowering the
gates. Did this ever happen? With what results?
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