It was built in the 1960s, and acted as an emergency reserve power station, serving the load centre of Auckland to the south.
The main industry is agriculture and the housing also serves as a bedroom community to the town of Waterford to the south.
I-78 serves as a bypass just to the south of Allentown.
With the advent of electric tram services it also grew as a shopping centre serving a wide area to the south.
Lyons was to serve as a gateway to the south of France and to the Alps.
The airport also served Gangneung to the south and Sokcho to the north.
It served the Victorian suburban developments in the area to the south of Mangotsfield.
It served the village of Cliburn to the south.
This building later served as a private house with an outbuilding to the south; it had been demolished by 1981.
It serves the villages of Normandy to the north and Wanborough to the south.