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More Info →By-pass tunnel entrance and coffer dam at Top Dam, Mangahao, early 1920's

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Information on back of original photograph - Turning the river out of the gorge to build the damn lower down. (top dam)

By-pass tunnel entrance and coffer dam at Top Dam, Mangahao, early 1920’s

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