National Trust lights up historic mansion with hydropower

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National Trust installs Archimedes at Cragside mansion in Northumberland, reports Climate News Network

Hydropower is making its return to one of the UKs grand houses, which almost 140 years ago pioneered the use of water to provide electricity.

A modern version of an ancient device, the Archimedes screw, has been installed at the Cragside mansion, in north-east England, to harness the power of a stream in the grounds and provide lighting for the house which in 1878 became the first in the world to be lit by hydroelectricity, provided by a turbine.

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