{"id":1028,"date":"2026-03-11T09:33:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T22:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noojeerailwaystationprecinct.com\/?page_id=1028"},"modified":"2026-03-11T09:34:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T22:34:02","slug":"the-hydro-electric-plant","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/noojeerailwaystationprecinct.com\/zh\/the-hydro-electric-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hydro-Electric Plant"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1028\" class=\"elementor elementor-1028\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b0b28e9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b0b28e9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8920269\" data-id=\"8920269\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3588c6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3588c6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In April 1922, the River Latrobe Hydro-Electric Co. Pty Ltd officially activated its<br \/>hydroelectric power station near Noojee, providing electricity for a local sawmill and the<br \/>nearby townships of Neerim and Warragul.<br \/>Formed by local businessmen from Warragul in 1918, this innovative venture harnessed<br \/>water from the Tooronga River, showcasing an early commitment to sustainable, local<br \/>power generation.<br \/>Construction of the plant took approximately two years and faced significant challenges,<br \/>including difficult terrain and the use of second-hand generators.<br \/>The hydroelectric station operated for a decade, supplying electricity to Noojee, Neerim,<br \/>and Warragul, before ceasing operations in 1932.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In April 1922, the River Latrobe Hydro-Electric Co. Pty Ltd officially activated itshydroelectric power station near Noojee, providing electricity for a local sawmill and thenearby townships of Neerim and Warragul.Formed&hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1028","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/noojeerailwaystationprecinct.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/noojeerailwaystationprecinct.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/noojeerailwaystationprecinct.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noojeerailwaystationprecinct.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noojeerailwaystationprecinct.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1028"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/noojeerailwaystationprecinct.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1036,"href":"https:\/\/noojeerailwaystationprecinct.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1028\/revisions\/1036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/noojeerailwaystationprecinct.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}