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Dongwo Hydropower Station 洞窝水电站Dòngwō Shuǐdiànzhàn
National heritage site · Luzhou, Sichuan
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Luzhou
- Region
- Sichuan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Dongwo Hydropower Station
A small hydropower station on the Longxi River that Shui Xiheng, a Luzhou engineer who had studied in Germany, began building in 1921 to use a 44-metre natural drop in the Dongwo gorge; it was completed in 1925 as the Jihe power plant with a 140-kilowatt Siemens generator and is still generating today. In 2018 the Chinese Hydraulic Engineering Society recognised it as the first hydropower station in China designed and built by Chinese engineers, and it is also listed as national industrial heritage. A statue of Shui stands at the entrance, two old turbine generators still run in the machine hall, and the gorge around it is laid out as Dongwo Park, popular with local families and school study groups.
How to get to Dongwo Hydropower Station
In Luohan, on the eastern side of Luzhou's Longmatan district, about 8 km from central Luzhou and 20–25 minutes by taxi; the station belongs to a working chemical plant and mostly hosts organised study groups, so check whether individual visitors can enter the machine hall.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Zhangba Longan Grove 张坝桂圆林 (under 10 km), Bao'en Pagoda, Luzhou 泸州报恩塔 (under 10 km), Luzhou Laojiao Old Cellars 泸州大曲老窖池 (under 10 km), Shenbicheng Fortress 神臂城 (10 km), Dongyunba Umbrella Village, Jiangyang 董允坝·伞乡 (10 km).
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