Mangahao - photo to be named - 47
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.
Written on back with black felt-tip pen – (3)
Stamped on back with purple ink - Shannon Centenary 1887-1987 Committee
Mangahao Dam (No.1 ?) camp & construction site, 1920’s 1 B&W photo print, mounted
View showing tent-type accommodations built precariously on hillside.
Any use of this image must be accompanied by the credit “Horowhenua Historical Society Inc.”
No 1 Mangahao dam and terraced campsite, early 1920’s 1 B&W photo print
Shows dam construction well advanced. Huts precariously perched in tiers on hillside. Steel tower erected to assist with dam construction.
See also – Acc. #s2002.088.0016 (identical photo, sepia, in brown album). & #s2002.086.0023
Any use of this image must be accompanied by the credit “Horowhenua Historical Society Inc.”
Construction of Main Dam, Mangahao, early 1920’s 1 B&W photo print
View through ‘gap’ in dam through which flood waters frequently pour. Steel tower (left) erected to assist with dam construction.
See also – Acc. #s2002.088.0017 (identical photo, sepia, in brown album). & #s2002.086.0021
Any use of this image must be accompanied by the credit “Horowhenua Historical Society Inc.”
Written on back with blue ballpoint pens - Jimmy Burton’s house Mangahao N. Clayton Shannon.
Jimmy Burton’s ‘house’, Mangahao 1 B&W photo print
Man stands near doorway (centre), and horse (right).
Any use of this image must be accompanied by the credit “Horowhenua Historical Society Inc.”
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.
during construction
During construction