Public Library on the corner of Oxford and Bath Streets, Levin.

There is a crowd of people at the front of the building, possibly for the opening day of the library.

Photographed ca 1909 by an unidentified photographer.

From National Library Collection - 1 negative, ID: 1/2-139937-F

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.

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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

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Concrete lining of the Mangahao surge chamber - 75ft in diameter at the top and 75ft deep.