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Written on back with black ballpoint pen - Back. Mr Speirs Mr Aimes - Mr Blackwood, Bob Neill, Mr Spencer, Mr Owen - Ron Law Front. - Mr Franks Gordon Mitchell, Mr Bill Brown,

Woman and 12 men at Mangahao Dam, 1924 1 B&W photo print

Taken during opening of Mangahao Power Station ? Left to Right - Back Row: Claude Speirs (flaxmill owner), Mrs Claude Spiers [previously unidentified woman (Mrs Blackwood ?)], James Aim (dairy factory manager), Arch Blackwood (superintendent of Mangaore Powerhouse), Robert Neill, Mr E.J.S. Spencer (builder), Mr Owen, unidentified man, Ron Law (farmer).

Front Row: unidentified man, Mr C.C. Franks (cartage contractor), Gordon Mitchell (farmer), Bill Brown (railway ganger).

Men could be members of Mangahao Lodge.

Appears to have been removed from a photo album.

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1924,
arch blackwood,
c.c. franks,
claude speirs,
e.j.s. spencer,
gordon mitchell,
james aim,
owen,
robert neill,
ron j. law,
shannon,
shannon centennial collection,
william brown,
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