Where was the First Hydroelectric station built?

Question

and by Whom

Answer 1

--Cragside, Rothbury, England completed 1870.
--Appleton, Wisconsin, USA completed 1882, A waterwheel on the Fox river supplied the first commercial hydroelectric power for lighting to two paper mills and a house, two years after Thomas Edison demonstrated incandescent lighting to the public. Within a matter of weeks of this installation, a power plant was also put into commercial service at Minneapolis.
---Duck Reach, Launceston, Tasmania. Completed 1895. The first publicly owned hydro-electric plant in the Southern Hemisphere. Supplied power to the city of Launceston for street lighting.
---Decew Falls 1, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada completed 25 August 1898. Owned by Ontario Power Generation. Four units are still operational. Recognized as an IEEE Milestone in Electrical Engineering & Computing by the IEEE Executive Committee in 2002.
--It is believed that the oldest Hydro Power site in the United States is located on Claverack Creek, in Stottville, NY 11721 . The turbine, a Morgan Smith, was constructed in 1869 and installed 2 years later. It is one of the earliest water wheel installations in the United States and also generated electricity. It is owned today by Edison Hydro

Answer 2

Bhakra Dam In Punjab during the tenure of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru as Prime-minister of India.

Answer 3

In rivers, they dam a river and positioned a power station under it, then the water has to fall the supplies it the flexibility to coach a turbine. In NZ there are countless equipped in diverse places on the comparable rivers. You get the income of forming a lake at each for the ordinary public to apply.

Answer 4

In india it is Bhakra dam in punjab established during tenure of Pt jawaharlal nehru.
While the first in world is
Cragside, Rothbury, England completed 1870.

Answer 5

1870

Answer 6

it was in india in punjab named as bhakra

Bhakra Dam In Punjab during the tenure of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru as Prime-minister of India.