Inscription on reverse reads: “Original in Turnbull. Don. Mr C Adkin.”

A double line of power poles crosses the land near Cheslyn Rise, Queen Street East when transmission lines were being erected from Managhao, December 1923.

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Inscription on reverse reads: “Original in Turnbull Lib. Don Mr C Adkin. Power from Mangahao”

Linesmen celebrating progress at the point where the transmission line from Mangahao crossed Cheslyn Rise, 14 December 1923

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