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water from tanks on their horse-drawn carts, with which they drove through the city – and house wells continued to supply the majority of the population with water. In 1804, the then suburbs were also supplied with water for the first time thanks to the
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with electricity. One of the best known of these power plants is the Gaming water pipeline power plant. The 200 km long pipeline, which largely consists of stone galleries, runs over 100
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