Retired Engineers Group Newsletter 159
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This newsletter contains details of the following presentation.
An Engineering Puzzle with an Archaeological Surprise
When: Wednesday 20 May 2009, 12 noon for 1:00pm
Venue: Gill Langley Room, Adelaide Oval
Who: Open to members of IET/IEEE and the public
RSVP: Registration is essential before 13 May, refer to above brochure.
Presentation by Byron Heath
A dramatic account of the efforts of electrical power engineers to overcome severe, load-limiting, vibration problems with two 150 MW turbo-generators during commissioning of Gordon Power Station in 1977 while facing increasing public environmental criticism of the intrusion of hydro-power into native forests. Concurrently, and within a few kilometres of the Gordon turbo-generators incredible archaeological discoveries were being made which were obscured by the power scheme debate but which will probably be remembered long after the environmental and technical problems associated with Gordon Power Station have been forgotten.