Devils Gate Power Station
The Devils Gate Power Station is a conventional hydroelectric power station located in north-western Tasmania, Australia.Part of the MerseyForth scheme that comprises seven hydroelectric power stations, the Devils Gate Power Station is the sixth station in the run-of-river scheme. The power station is located below the double-arched concrete Devils Gate Dam which forms Lake Barrington. Water from the lake is fed to the power station by a single penstock tunnel.
The power station was commissioned in 1971 by the Hydro Electric Corporation and the station has one Boving Francis turbine, with a generating capacity of of electricity. The station output, estimated to be annually, is fed to TasNetworks' transmission grid via an 11 kV/110 kV Siemens generator transformer to the outdoor switchyard.Recreation
Lake Barrington is a world-famous rowing venue that hosted the 1990 World Rowing Championships. The dam is high. It is one of the thinnest concrete arch dams in the world.Engineering heritage
The dam received a Historic Engineering Marker from Engineers Australia as part of its Engineering Heritage Recognition Program.
