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No 1 Mangahao dam and terraced campsite, early 1920’s 1 B&W photo print

Shows dam construction well advanced. Huts precariously perched in tiers on hillside. Steel tower erected to assist with dam construction.

See also – Acc. #s2002.088.0016 (identical photo, sepia, in brown album). & #s2002.086.0023

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

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mangahao,
mangahao (shannon),
shannon centennial collection,
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1920's,
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black and white,
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early 1920's,
early 20th century,
film,
in the bush,
mangahao,
mangahao camp,
mangahao dam,
mangahao hydro electric works,
photo print,
photographer unknown,
shannon,
under construction,
workers camp,
workers huts,

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