Tashar wutar lantarki ta Lithgow

Tashar wutar lantarki ta Lithgow; ta kasance tashar wutar lantarki ta Australiya da aka gina acikin 1928 don samar da wuta ga Layukan dogo na Gwamnatin New South Wales, masana'antar kananan makamai, ma'adinan Hoskins da majalisar Lithgow. Tushen farko shine 2.5MW BTH/ Turanci Alternators na lantarki waɗanda ba'a buƙatar su a tashar wutar lantarki ta Ultimo. Na uku na turbo 2.5MW daga Zarra Street, Newcastle an ƙara shi a cikin 1931. An shigar da injin 2.5MWBTH na huɗu a cikin 1936 (tsohon Zarra St). Acikin 1943 wani janareta na 2.5MW Willans &amp; Robinson daga Zarra St ya zama No5 a Lithgow. An samar da tururi daga hudu 160,000 lb/Hr tukunyar jirgi a 200PSI da zazzabi na 450degF. Kwal ya fito daga mahaƙar ma'adinan jihar da ke kusa. Sakamakon rashin ruwa mai tsanani, waɗannan injiniyoyin injina kawai sun gaji cikin na'urorin jigilar jet guda ɗaya.

Mataki na biyu na ci gaban tashar wutar lantarki ta Lithgow ya fara ne acikin 1948 tareda cire No5 wanda ya lalace da shigar da mai karfin 7.5MW Metro-Vickers daga Zarra St kuma ya zama No4A. Irin wannan 7.5MW Metro Vickers janareta ya maye gurbin injinan 2.5MW a 1950, 1953 da 1956 ya zama lamba 3A, No.5, No.2 da No.1. An bada tururi daga 70,000 lb/hr tukunyar jirgi wanda tsohon tashar White Bay "A". An gina jerin hasumiya mai sanyaya katako kuma an bada izinin yin amfani da na'urorin sanyaya saman don waɗannan manyan saiti. Gyaran hasumiya mai sanyaya sun fitone daga wani sabon dam da aka gina a ma'adinan Jiha da ke kusa. Jimlar fitarwa ya kasance 38MW.

Walter Lockhart Cowen, babban mai kula da wutar lantarki na New South Wales Government Railways, ya gudanar da tashar wutar lantarki ta Lithgow tun daga lokacin aikinta har zuwa lokacin da yayi ritaya a 1951. Tashar ta ci gaba da aiki har zuwa 1964, wanda a lokacin ne tashar Wutar Lantarki ta Wallerawang ke aiki. An rushe tashar wutar lantarki ta Lithgow acikin shekarun 1970s.

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