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Some history of the
Billings Reservoir
. In 1896 William Mackenzie and
associates acquired in São Paulo the
In
1906 the Sao Paulo Tramway, Light and Power Company, built the Guarapiranga Reservoir. In 1928 It
started providing potable
water for Sao Paulo;animal-Trams-line ("mules") and founded in Ontario - Canada the "Light" SPTL&P - (Sao Paulo Traction Light & Power) which later was named Brazilian Traction Light & Power The Guarapiranga Reservoir => http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guarapiranga In 1912 the group founded the Brazilian Traction, Light and Power Company Ltd., (in Brazil called "Light"). In 1927, the area currently occupied by the Billings Dam was flooded through the construction of the "Pedreira"-Dam by the course of the Rio Grande, also called Jurubatuba River. The project was implemented by the former Light - "The São Paulo Tramway, Light and Power Company, Ltd.", nowadays "Eletropaulo", in order to harness the waters of the Upper Tietê for generating electricity at the hydroelectric power plant (HPP) Henry Borden in Cubatao, taking advantage of the Serra do Mar slope. After the "mules" finally the electric
Tram in São Paulo
The Billings Resservoir is the largest freshwater reservoir in the Metropolitan Region of
São Paulo. It celebrated
its 87 years in 2012. Was created to generate energy at the
Henry Borden plant in Cubatao (name
given in honor of engineer Asa White Kenney Billings,
contracted by the Canadian company Tramway Light & Power). http://www.novomilenio.inf.br/cubatao/ch007a.htm
Also
the Billings may dry out in 40 years ! internet ==>>
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