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Conference Paper
- Title
- By 2040 there will be no coal-fired power stations in the hunter valley. What should historians be doing now?
- In
- Australasian Engineering Heritage Conference: AEHC 2022
- Imprint
- Engineers Australia, Barton, ACT, 2023, pp. 83-91
- Url
- https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.836912869003968
- Abstract
Power stations are among the largest and most recognisable complexes built in New South Wales' during the 20th century. With the imminent closure and likely demolition of the State's currently operating coal-fired power stations, historians need to consider other aspects of what is happening. While these stations may not physically exist in the future, their legacy will. Therefore, it is important to document the tangible and intangible aspects of the currently operating electricity generation infrastructure. In decades to come, researchers will look for details of what these large industrial facilities did, why they did it, and how. In addition, to documenting the history, infrastructure, production equipment and procedures of at least one major coal-fired power station, the memories and experiences of employees need to be gathered alongside details of organisational structures, OH and S and environmental policies, the design of buildings, offices, control rooms, and much more.
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