P007245 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2023-07-05 human Ken McInnes updated 2025-11-27 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007245b.htm TA1103 corporateBody Hydro Electric Department State of Tasmania AACR2 1 January 1914 31 December 1930 Start Place Tasmania, Australia End Place Tasmania, Australia Hydro-electric power provided by public enterprise came to Tasmania as early as 1895. The present state-wide system however usually counts its history from a franchise to generate electricity issued to "Complex Ores Ltd" in 1909. The company later assigned its concession to the "Hydro-electric Power and Metallurgical Company Ltd". This company ran into financial difficulties and the state acquired the undertaking under the authority of the Hydro-Electric Purchase Act 1914 and vested it in the newly created Hydro-Electric Department. Hydro-electric Power and Metallurgical Company Ltd (c. 1910 - c. 1914)

The Department was established by the State, to take over the hydro electric scheme.

 Butters, John Henry (1885 - 1969)

Chief engineer and general manager 1914 - 1925.

 Nimmo, William Hogarth Robertson (1885 - 1970)

Principal assistant, hydraulic design 1921 - 1923; Resident engineer 1919 - 1921; Assistant engineer 1918-1919.

 Amalgamated Zinc (de Bavay's) Ltd (1909 - ?)

In 1916, the Department contracted Amalgamated Zinc to produce zinc at Risdon.

 Gillies, James Hynds (1861 - 1942)

In 1935 Gillies was granted an annual pension of £350 for services rendered to the State, primarily related to the Waddamana power scheme and the electrolytic zinc works.

 Hydro-Electric Commission of Tasmania, State of Tasmania (1930 - 1996) 'Hydro Electric Department', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Hydro Electric Department Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Notes on the development of the power resources of Tasmania Butters, John Henry Notes on the development of the power resources of Tasmania Sydney, NSW Institution of Engineers Australia 1927 Transactions of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 7 3-36 Book: The organisation of electricity supply in Tasmania Read, Peter Charles The organisation of electricity supply in Tasmania Sandy Bay [Hobart] University of Tasmania 1986