世界第一座水力发电厂于1882年9月30日开始运作了

当你看着急流澎湃的瀑布与河水时，你可能不会马上联想到电力。但是水力发电厂却提供电力照亮了许多家庭与邻近地区。在1882年9月30日，建在威斯康辛州爱波顿 (Appleton) 狐狸河 (Fox River) 上的世界第一座水力发电厂开始运作。这座电厂是由爱波顿造纸公司老板罗洁斯 (H. F. Rogers) 在汤玛斯．爱迪生 (Thomas Edison) 的纽约发电站启发下，出资建造的，后来这座电厂被取名为爱波顿爱迪生灯光公司 (Appleton Edison Light Company) 。


When you look at rushing waterfalls and rivers, you may not immediately think of electricity. But hydroelectric (water-powered) power plants are responsible for lighting many of our homes and neighborhoods. On September 30, 1882, the world's first hydroelectric power plant began operation on the Fox River in Appleton, Wisconsin. The plant, later named the Appleton Edison Light Company, was initiated by Appleton paper manufacturer H.F. Rogers, who had been inspired by Thomas Edison's plans for an electricity-producing station in New York.

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