HYDRO ELECTRIC INSTALLATIONS. LXXI. 
or Bendigo, or from Barren Jack to Sydney, would be a 
a simple matter. 
(v) In the future, coal fuel power stations at Newcastle, 
Sydney, Lithgow, and on the South Coast may be linked 
up with hydro electric stations at say Barren Jack, the 
Grose Valley, the Colo River, etc., just as power houses 
hundreds of miles apart are linked together by transmission 
lines in California. 
(w) As compared with long distance transmissions in 
other countries, Australia presents several advantages :— 
There is be no trouble with anchor ice in turbines; no 
breaking down of transmission lines on account of ice and 
snow; as the air is very dry, except on the coastal belt, 
practically any voltage can be used. There would be very 
little to pay for rights of way, transmission lines and 
straight runs would be possible; the patrolling and main- 
tainance of such lines would be easy. 
