Page 8 – Mangahao Power Project – 11 b/w photos

Left Column (top to bottom) - a) Unloading electrical equipment at Shannon Railway Station, early 1924 ? {copy} (see photo f below, slightly smaller copy) Probably a generator / dynamo about to be moved from rail wagon to stone wheeled road wagon. (see also – Acc.#s2002.088.0033 original print)

b) Transporting electrical equipment to Mangaore Powerhouse, early 1924 ? {copy} 2 steam traction engines required to pull wagon with generator / dynamo. Believed to be coming up Grey Street in Shannon.

c) Transporting electrical equipment, another view, early 1924 ? {copy} Possible break-down ? Believed to be in Grey Street, Shannon. (see also – Acc.#s2002.088.0036 original print)

d) Unloading electrical equipment at Shannon Railway Station, early 1924 ? {copy} Large wooden crate loaded onto iron wheeled wagon. (see also – Acc.#s2002.088.0035 original print)

e) Another view of electrical equipment at Shannon Railway Station, early 1924 ? {copy} (see also – Acc.#s2002.088.0034 original print)

f) Unloading electrical equipment at Shannon Railway Station, early 1924 ? {copy} (see photo a above, slightly larger copy) Probably a generator / dynamo about to be moved from rail wagon to stone wheeled road wagon. (see also – Acc.#s2002.088.0033 original print)

Right Column (top to bottom) - g) Uniformed schoolgirls (?) at Mangaore Power House, late 1922 ? {copy} During early stage of construction, said to be at time of laying of Foundation Stone.

h) Surge Chamber nearing completion, early 1920’s. {copy} (see also – Acc.#s2002.088.0028 original print)

i) Looking down into the Surge Chamber, early 1920’s. {copy} Shows tram-track passing from Arapeti tunnel into one of the two penstock outlets. (see also – Acc.#s2002.088.0029 original print)

j) Large group of men sitting on stacks of sawn timber, c.1920’s. {copy} 19 men (unidentified) Could be at sawmill on ridge between the Arapeti and Mangahao valleys, as stated on page 111 in book – “From Bush & Swamp”. (see also – Acc.#s2002.086.0016 additional copy)

k) ‘Shannon’s first power pole at the top of Margaret Street’, early 1924 ? {copy} Used in book – “From Bush & Swamp”, page 116, with caption - It was a great day in Shannon when the first power pole was erected about 1924, and the mayor and councillors were in attendance. Front row: Alfred Hyde, Edwin Butt, Bert Wilkinson, John Bovis, Mr Hudson, Bill Jamieson, Margaret Jamieson (now Cole), Wallace Jamieson. Second row: the mayor William Murdoch (hands on hips), to his right Fred Johnson.

Any use of this image must be accompanied by the credit “Horowhenua Historical Society Inc.”

Written on mounting board beside photo (right) with blue and black ink pens: “Mr Murdock [sic] our first mayor Mr J.T. Bovis first Town Clerk 25/4/1924”

Written on back with blue ballpoint pen: “(4) Mrs C.W. Shirriffs Longburn. Phone 2-911 (P.Nth)”

Written on back with dark blue ink pen: ” J.T. Bovis”

Unveiling of Shannon War Memorial, 25 April 1924 To the left of the photograph is Mr J.T. Bovis, Shannon’s first Town Clerk. In the centre is an unidentified piper. To the right is Mr William Murdoch, Shannon’s first Mayor. In the foreground is a baby in in a pram.

1 B&W photo print, mounted

Any use of this image must be accompanied by the credit “Horowhenua Historical Society Inc.”