Historical information

Photos of the Kiewa Hydro Scheme and townships as they were in March 1960

Significance

Pictorial record of the Hydro Electric Scheme in the 1960's when it was operated by the State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV). With the privatisation of the SECV in the 1990's the scheme passed to Southern Hydro and was then acquired by ALG Energy in 2005.

Physical description

4 black and white photographs of the Kiewa Valley area taken on a tour of the Kiewa Hydro Electric Scheme in March 1960
1. Mt Beauty township taken from the Mt Beauty Chalet
2. Mt Bogong, taken from Tawonga Gap
3. McKay portal pipeline
4. Bogong township