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Information on back of original photograph - 7/07/27 {? incoreectly recorded, may belong to image #.0029}

Looking down to one of the dams, Mangahao, 1920’s

Used in book – “From Bush & Swamp”, page 111 with caption: Costruction at one of the dam sites. Although highly mechanised for those times, much of the labour was still manual, not made any easier by the rugged conditions and isolation.

Any use of this image must be accompanied by the credit “Horowhenua Historical Society Inc.”

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