Hydro-electric generator, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1923

“The Power House with 20 h.p. Hydro-electric plant.” Close up of a General Swedish Electric Company (ASEA) generator. The workshop at Chogoria was run using the hydro-electric power generated from the waterfall on the Kamara River. The purchase and installation costs were covered by Ernest Carr. ❧ This image is from the first years of the Chogoria mission in Kenya, which was run by the Rev. Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974), from the collection entitled ‘Chogoria, 1922. The early days.”