NEW SUB-STATION
POWER FROM WAIKATO
WORK AT BUNNYTHORPE
O.C. PALMERSTON N., this day.
The building of a new sub-station at Bunnythorpe for the distribution of electricity from the new generating stations on the Waikato River over the southern part of the North Island is provided for in a vote of £230,700 in the Budget estimates now before Parliament. It is expected that the work will begin within 12 months. New transmission lines from the Waikato to Bunnythorpe will be built to carry 220,000 volts. They will not necessarily follow the course of the present feeder line, which is of half that voltage. The higher voltage is being used to reduce losses in transmission, this being the generally accepted practice overseas. An interesting feature is that the steel towers to be used to carry the line can be divided into sections for transport. Thus many difficulties in transport across country can be solved, enabling a more direct route to be followed.
A similar station is to be built in the Auckland district.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 199, 23 August 1945, Page 6
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