More Info →Mangahao excavation for surge chamber

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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

Identification

Object type: Image
Date: August 27, 1922

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Creation

Created By: LG Adkin

Object rights

License: Attribution + NonCommercial + ShareAlike

Taxonomy

Tags: adkin collection,; mangahao,; mangahao (shannon),

Community Tags: 1920's,; 1922,; 27 august,; adkin collection,; august,; big,; early 20th century,; electricity supply,; excavation,; film,; g.l. adkin,; ladder,; large scale,; mangahao,; mangahao dam,; mangahao hydro electric works,; pit,; public works,; sepia,; sepia photo,; surge chamber,; tararua ranges,; under construction,

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