Page 7 – Mangahao Power Project – 11 b/w photos
Left Column (top to bottom) - a) No.1 Dam under construction, c.1921. {copy ?} View from downstream showing several workers on downstream coffer dam and the upstream coffer dam through the ‘storm water gap’. Dam is nearing half its intended height.
b) Construction of Main Dam, Mangahao, c.1922. {copy} View through ‘gap’ in dam through which flood waters frequently pour. (see also – Acc.#s2002.086.0021 additional copy) (see also – Acc.#s2002.088.0017 original photo) (see also – Acc.#s2002.089.0009 additional copy)
c) No. 2 Dam campsite, Mangahao, c.1922. {copy} Bridge carrying tram-line across river (centre). Wooden buildings on terraces (left), most prominant building believed to be the cookhouse. (see also – Acc.#s2002.086.0019 additional copy)
d) Main Dam and campsite, Mangahao, c.1922. {copy} Shows dam construction well advanced. Huts precariously perched in tiers on hillside. (see also – Acc.#s2002.086.0023 additional copy) (see also – Acc.#s2002.088.0016 original sepia photo) (see also – Acc.#s2002.089.0008 additional copy)
e) Tram-line (right) and camp (left) at Upper Mangahao Dam (?), c.1923. {copy} Could be rock crushing and cement mixing plant situated above the dam site, as stated on page 111 of book – “From Bush & Swamp”. (see also – Acc.#s2002.086.0014 additional copy) (see also – Acc.#s2002.087.0002 additional copy)
Right Column (top to bottom) - f) View of workers accommodations at Upper Mangahao Dam (?), 1923. {copy} Dam nearing completion with ‘storm water gap’ yet to be filled in background behind bridge. (see also – Acc.#s2002.087.0009 additional copy)
g) Part of completed dam with by-pass tunnel valve house (left), 1924. {copy ?} Man & 2 women on footbridge (right).
h) Jig-line at Mangahao Dam site, c.1922. {copy} (see also – Acc.#s2002.086.0024 additional copy) (see also – Acc.#s2002.088.0007 original sepia photo)
i) Arapeti Dam nearing completion, early 1920’s. {copy} Looking north to the dam, showing machinery and buildings to be removed as this area will be flooded when the reservoir fills. (see also – Acc.#s2002.088.0024 original sepia photo)
j) Another view (from hill on upstream side) of No.1 Dam nearing completion, 1923. {copy} ‘Storm water gap’ yet to be filled. Bridge at right. Used in book – “From Bush & Swamp”, page 111, with caption - Construction at one of the dam sites. Although highly mechanised for those times, much of the labour was still manual, not made any easier by the rugged conditions and isolation.
k) Arapeti Dam, looking north from some distance up the reservoir, 1925. {copy} (see also – Acc.#s2002.086.0009 additional copy) (see also – Acc.#s2002.088.0026 original sepia photo)
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