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Cragside_14-05-04_0569

"Cragside" Rothbury, Northumberland, England. Cragside was the first house in the world to be lit using hydroelectric power. Built into a rocky hillside above a 4 km² forest garden, it was the country home of inventor Lord William Armstrong and has been in the care of the National Trust since 1977.

 

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Armstrong,_1st_Baron_Armstrong

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cragside

 

www.nationaltrust.org.uk/cragside/

 

 

 

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Uploaded on May 8, 2014
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