A 110-ton valve is the only thing between a Tasmanian turbine and the lake sitting 600 feet above it, and this one sailed out of Belgium and around Africa before spending its hardest hour on the last 0.6 miles, through a tunnel nobody ever sized for it

1.0Autonotionhttps://www.autonocion.com/usLuis Reyeshttps://www.autonocion.com/us/author/luisreyes/A 110-ton valve is the only thing between a Tasmanian turbine and the lake sitting 600 feet above it, and this one sailed out of Belgium and around Africa before spending its hardest hour on the last 0.6 miles, through a tunnel nobody ever sized for itrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="K04gmAWG4I"><a href="https://www.autonocion.com/us/110-ton-valve-tunnel-tasmania/">A 110-ton valve is the only thing between a Tasmanian turbine and the lake sitting 600 feet above it, and this one sailed out of Belgium and around Africa before spending its hardest hour on the last 0.6 miles, through a tunnel nobody ever sized for it</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.autonocion.com/us/110-ton-valve-tunnel-tasmania/embed/#?secret=K04gmAWG4I" width="600" height="338" title="“A 110-ton valve is the only thing between a Tasmanian turbine and the lake sitting 600 feet above it, and this one sailed out of Belgium and around Africa before spending its hardest hour on the last 0.6 miles, through a tunnel nobody ever sized for it” — Autonotion" data-secret="K04gmAWG4I" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.autonocion.com/us/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.autonocion.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Hydro-Tasmania-Gordon-Power-Station-valve-768x432.jpg600338