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Excavation for surge chamber, Mangahao Hydro project. Photographed by George Leslie Adkins 27 August 1922.

Inscriptions: Inscribed - On album page - beneath image: Fig 122. The excavation for the surge chamber completed and ready for the lining of concrete. The pit is 75ft in diameter at the top and 75ft deep. 27.8.22.

From: http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22540601?search[i][category]=Images&search[path]=items&search[text]=mangahao

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Date
August 27, 1922

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