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| The construction of the Walchensee power plant |
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The most significant and probably most intricate project was the Walchensee power plant. In 1907 Oskar von Miller presented a draft in which he had also incorporated other people’s ideas, the first of which dated back to 1897.
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| Concreting of the masonry dam of the Walchensee hydroelectric power plant. | With an average of 300 million kWh a year, the Walchensee power plant is still one of Germany’s largest peak load power stations. |
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However, it was not until after World War I, on November 26, 1918, that he was able to commence the construction of the Walchensee power plant, the center of a Bavarian supply network both for the railroad and for the general population. After several years of hard work, the power plant was finally put into operation on January 24, 1924. It was not until the end of 1924 that the railroad authority had any need for electricity, after which, in the space of just a few years, many tracks, e.g. all of those leading out of Munich, were electrified.
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