ZESCO LTD-Conveter Sub Station - Kabwe, Zambia

ZESCO Limited is an Energy Utility Company that Generates, Transmits and Distributes electricity in Zambia.
The electricity supply in Zambia originated in 1906 when a small thermal station was built in Livingstone to serve a section of the town.
Inspite of the Victoria Falls potential, it was not until 1938 that hydro-electric power was first generated at a small station in the third gorge below the falls.
In the early part of the last century, power development was mainly associated with the Copper mines hence, several independent thermal stations were constructed.
This meant that a number of local authorities distributed electricity in their own districts obtaining their supplies in the main from existing power stations. For instance, Livingstone local authorities bought power from  

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the Victoria Falls Electricity Board while Kabwe and the Copperbelt authorities purchased power from the mining companies.