Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Historical Day Hike





March  7, 2010 


"Balugbog" hydroelectric power plant of the Philippine Power Development Corp. Located at Brgy. Alibungbungan, Nagcarlan, Laguna.

Built between 1933-1938 and considered one of the first and oldest hydroelectric power plant in the country along with "kalibato" and "Palacpaquin" plants of San Pablo City, Laguna.

Kasumuran region is the area from Nagcarlan, Laguna to Lucban, Quezon including Mt. Banahaw, Mt. San Cristobal and Mt. Lucban (Banahaw de Lucban). Puliran Kasumuran thus means Laguna de Bay water source. Puliran Kasumuran most probably is the region from Nagcarlan (Laguna) to Mauban (Quezon).

As a testament to the vast amount of water of the Kasumuran region, the first hydroelectric power plants of the Philippines were constructed in the same region.  The Balugbog Hydroelectyric power plant gets its resources from Liliw and Nagcarlan municipal water supply which comes from mountain springs of Volcan de Agua, the Spanish name of Mt. Banahaw.




 

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