Daga shekara ta 1951 zuwa 1968, ya yi aiki a kowace shekara ban da 1961. 1953 ya kasance shekara mai wahala musamman saboda rashin wadataccen ruwa, wanda ke nufin tashar wutar lantarki ta Tejo dole ta yi aiki kusan duk shekara, sau da yawa ana yin amfani da ita don biyan buƙata ba kawai daga cibiyar sadarwar ta ba amma har ma don tallafawa grid na ƙasa. Har ila yau, a cikin shekarun 1960 ne aka rufe dukkan kayan aikin matsin lamba kuma aka rushe. Tambaya: Wace shekara ce ba ta aiki ba?
Shekara ta 1961