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The Audio Long Read

Electric mountain: the power station that shows the beauty of infrastructure

The Audio Long Read

The Guardian

Society & Culture

4.32.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Utilitarian as they may be, some civic projects are so monumental they approach the sublime. And one of the most elegant is hidden inside a mountain in Wales. By Deb Chachra. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

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