Historical Tarsus hydroelectric power plant
The historical Tarsus hydroelectric power plant is a defunct hydroelectric power plant, notable for being the first hydroelectric plant in Turkey.
Location
History
The plant was suggested by an Austrian engineer named Dörfler. According to a rumour the first suggestion was a plant in the capital
Technical details
The first plant was a dynamo driven by a watermill on Berdan River. Its output was only 2 kW.[3] The primitive water mill was replaced by a turbine from İtalo Sulssera, which increased the output, and some of the more important streets were electrically lighted. Even then only a few houses could use electricity. Moreover there were no switches and the dynamo operation was halted during the nights. There were no electricity meters and consumers paid according to the number of electric bulbs they used.[3]
Aftermath
During World War I a second plant was established, and, after the war, the municipality sold the plant to a private firm. According to research by Professor Hamit Serbest, after many handovers the plant building was used as a fertilizer factory.[3]
References
- ^ Essay by Ahmet Aktepe in Energy Transmission Department TEİAS page (in Turkish)
- ^ Technical on line library (in Turkish)
- ^ a b c Uğur Pişmanlık: e-book Tarsus ve barajları
