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Book Title | Ireland, design and visual culture : negotiating modernity, 1922-1992 |
Chapter Title | Technology and modernity : the Shannon Scheme and visions of national progress |
Chapter Author | O'Brien, Sorcha |
Book Editor | King, Linda ; Sisson, Elaine |
Publisher | Cork University Press |
ISBN | 9781859184721 |
Date | 2011 |
Page(s) | pp57-71 |
Content | photos, text |
Note(s) | The hydroelectric power station was built by the German company Siemens. After the Second World War it provided the means by which the Rural Electrification Scheme could be rolled out. |
Subject(s) | power stations ; electricity ; hydroelectric power ; history ; infrastructure ; industrial architecture ; art |
QUB Location | Search QUB Library Catalogue |
UCD Location | Search UCD Library Catalogue |