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Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 61, 6 December 1926, Page 8

Although it cannot yet be run on full load owing to the work that is being carried out in the new tunnel the No. 8 generator at the Lake Coleridge power station, which completes the capacity of the plant, has been fully tested out and proved satisfactory in every respect (reports the "Lyttelton Times"! The grout ing of the.tunnel will be completed about the middle of December, and it will then be possible to turn the wate, in from the lake and put the new generator on full load. Up to the present all that it has been possible tn do has been to turn in a small quantity of water from the original pipe lines by means of a bus pipe. This has enabled the turbine to be driven sufficiently o put the gen erator into action without however generating any power. The tests have been particularly good, and the generator is fullv ready to be put on load as soon as the water is available to drive the turbine. A few adjustments to the bear •« which were found to he necessary were made during the tests. Except for the work being carried out in the tunnel the whole of the installation at Lake Coleridge is now finished.