Murray 1 Power Station is the second largest power station in the Snowy Mountains Scheme. There are 10 turbines at Murray 1 each capable of producing enough electricity to supply 95,000 houses. The pressure pipelines, which divert water to the power station, are 1560 metres long and up to 4.19 metres in diameter. They can carry a total of 243,500 litres of water per second.
It was completed in 1974 with a construction period of 25 years, the Snowy Mountains Scheme is officially recognised as one of the seven civil engineering wonders of the modern world.
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| Murray 1 and the pressure pipelines |
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| Turbines |
