Date printed on front of photo (bottom left) – 17:2:36
Mangahao Hydro-electric Scheme, 1936 1 B&W photo print
Looking downstream from foot of dam to coffer dam. Another view of preparations to repair scouring & damage to coffer dam at foot of No. 2 dam (Lower Mangahao Dam).
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Penciled on back - Back slope of Tokomaru Dam, Mar. 30-1924
Mangahao Hydro-electric Scheme, 1920’s 1 Sepia tone photo print – Fragile
Another view of Tokomaru Dam (Arapeti) nearing completion. Backslope (downstream side) & Bill Walker ?
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This photo was scanned from one owned by Bob Ayson of Foxton. Unfortunately we still need to name it.
This photo was scanned from one owned by Bob Ayson of Foxton. Unfortunately we still need to name it.
This photo was scanned from one owned by Bob Ayson of Foxton. Unfortunately we still need to name it.
This photo was scanned from one owned by Bob Ayson of Foxton. Unfortunately we still need to name it.
This photo was scanned from one owned by Bob Ayson of Foxton. Unfortunately we still need to name it.
This photo was scanned from one owned by Bob Ayson of Foxton. Unfortunately we still need to name it.
Concrete lining of the Mangahao surge chamber - 75ft in diameter at the top and 75ft deep.
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
Headline 1: Race on to restore electricity. "Heavy rain yesterday hampered relief efforts to restore electricity tio isolated Horowhenua residents after 100 millimetres of rain in the Tararua Ranges...."
Headline 2: Good samaritan turns adversity into opportunity. "Foxton man Nigel Williams not only cleaned up the Foxton Primary School grounds but turned the exercise into a fundraising venture..."
Photographs: 1. Nigel Williams cutting firewood at Foxton Primary School, 2. Tree and other debris banked up in the Foxton River and 3. Fulton Hogan contractors cutting branches away from high voltage powerlines in Shannon.