Through this large outdoor switching station passes the bulk of the power at present being used in the southern provinces. One of the oil circuit breakers—the giant fuses of the station—recently exploded and threw the greater part of the South Island into darkness.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26746, 15 April 1948, Page 4
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43Through this large outdoor switching station passes the bulk of the power at present being used in the southern provinces. One of the oil circuit breakers—the giant fuses of the station—recently exploded and threw the greater part of the South Island into darkness. Otago Daily Times, Issue 26746, 15 April 1948, Page 4
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