Switching On The King Country: A Century Of Community Achievement

Author: Helen Reilly

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Price : $39.99 NZD
ISBN : 9781877448997
Publisher : Steele Roberts & Associates Ltd
Imprint : Steele Roberts & Associates
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Publication date : 01 August 2010
Dimensions : 260mm X 200mm
Produced in : New Zealand
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Dewey classification : 333.793209933
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Pages : 243
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Switching on the King Country: A Century of Community Achievement tells the story of how electricity was taken to the most remote parts of the King Country and how the power was kept on under appaling conditions.

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Helen Reilly is a public historian based in Wellington. Switching on the King Country is her third energy history book - Gas, Power & People: Energy Supply in Hutt Mana 1880-2005 and Connecting the Country: New Zealand's National Grid 1886-2008 were also published by Steele Roberts.

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