Archimedes screw installed at Cragside in Northumberland, which first used power from its lakes for lighting in 1878
Hydroelectric power is to once again power a Victorian National Trust mansion, just as it did almost 140 years ago. Cragside in Northumberland was the first house in the world to be lit by hydroelectricity...
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