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Title: Power From Water: The Snowy Mountains Scheme.
Author and publisher: Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Authority, Australia.
Format: Vintage illustrated staple-bound chapbook / pamphlet with color photo covers featuring the machine hall of Murray 2 Power Station.
Genre and topic: Engineering and technology focused on hydroelectric power generation, large-scale civil works, and the Snowy Mountains Scheme in south-eastern Australia.
Subject: Official overview of the Snowy Mountains hydroelectric and irrigation scheme explaining how water from the Snowy Mountains is harnessed for electricity production and agricultural development in New South Wales and Victoria.
Contents: Opens with a geographical and climatic description of the Snowy Mountains region and a map showing the scheme\'s location in south-eastern Australia together with its associated irrigation areas.
Further contents: Describes the conception and construction of the Snowy Mountains Scheme, its dams, tunnels, pipelines, and power stations, with sections on the Snowy-Tumut and Snowy-Murray developments and their staged water flows.
Maps and diagrams: Includes full-page maps of the Snowy Mountains Scheme, schematic cross-sections of the developments, and graphics detailing water diversion routes and power station locations.
Additional material: Discusses the dual benefits of power and water, the role of the scheme in electricity supply and irrigation, and the operation of the completed works from the central control facilities at Cooma.
Data tables: Back page presents tabulated information on the major works of the scheme, listing principal dams, tunnels, power stations, capacities, and years placed in service.
Illustrations and design: Richly illustrated throughout with color photographs of dams, reservoirs, underground power stations, control rooms, transmission lines, and agricultural landscapes supported by Snowy water.
Narrative type and audience: Nonfiction technical and informational guide intended for adult readers interested in engineering, infrastructure, hydroelectric power, and the history of the Snowy Mountains Scheme.
Language and origin: English-language publication produced in Australia by the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Authority and printed by Wilke and Company Limited, Clayton, Victoria, during the 1970s era.
Special notes: Vintage official picture-book style pamphlet on the Snowy Mountains hydroelectric scheme; see photos and condition notes for details of this specific copy.
