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Mackenzie Centre Community Trust: Hydro oral history interviews

Date: 08 Jun 2006 to 18 Sep 2006 - 08 Jun 2006 - 18 Sep 2006

By: Mackenzie Centre Community Trust; Foley, Jacqueline, 1951-

Reference: OHColl-0829

Description: Interviews with those who worked on the hydro electric dam projects in the Mackenzie Basin and residents in towns nearby. The hydro dam systems include the Upper Waitaki system and the Waitaki system. The interviewees are, Michael Higgins, Sid Hurst, Peter Law, Struan Munro, Barry Phibbs, Esta Phibbs, Marion Sheridan, Max Smith and Alistair Wills. Abstracted by - Jacquie Foley Interviewer(s) - Jacqui Foley Quantity: 15 C60 cassette(s). 9 printed abstract(s). 9 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.

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Tyrell, Norman, d 1994 : Negatives

Date: 1949-1958

By: Tyrell, Norman, -1994; Hayward, Margaret Jane, 1940-

Reference: PA-Group-00367

Description: Photographs of holiday excursions and job sites taken ca 1949-1958 by railway engineer Norman Tyrell. Covers hydro-electric dams and their construction, bridges and their construction, the construction of a septic tank at Palmerston, cities, ports, Auckland Zoo, tramping and mountains and scenic New Zealand. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives in registers at F 71104 1/4 - F 71731 1/4 Photographs taken by Norman Tyrell, railway engineer, d 1994 Quantity: 627 b&w original negative(s). Processing information: Archivists notes - Originally arranged and described in 1995. Reference number changed from PAColl-4779 to PA-Group-00367 in 2009.

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View of the Benmore Hydro project, New Zealand

Date: 15 March 1969

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-68478-F

Description: The Benmore Hydro dam, power house, Lake Benmore, and the surrounding countryside. Photograph taken 15 March 1969 by Leo White. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 13.8 x 13.4 cm Finding Aids: File print in Whites Aviation folder blue 25, Benmore Hydro.

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Benmore dam

Date: 15 March 1969

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-68479-F

Description: Aerial view of the Benmore dam, photographed by Whites Aviation, 15 March 1969. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

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View of the Benmore Hydro project, New Zealand

Date: 19 March 1959

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-49622-F

Description: View of the site camp and other depots for the Benmore Hydro project. The Waitaki River can also be seen winding through the hills and the Southern Alps in the distance. Photograph taken 19 March 1959 by Leo White. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 13.8 x 13.4 cm Finding Aids: File print in Whites Aviation folder blue 25, Benmore Hydro.

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View of the Benmore Hydro project, New Zealand

Date: November 1962

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-65097/1-F

Description: The Benmore Hydro dam under construction. Photograph taken November 1962 by Leo White. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm Finding Aids: File print in Whites Aviation folder blue 25, Benmore Hydro.

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View of the Aviemore Hydro project, New Zealand

Date: l9 May 1964

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-62053-F

Description: The Aviemore Hydro dam under construction on the Waitaki River, New Zealand. Photograph taken 9 May 1964 by Leo White. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 13.8 x 13.4 cm Finding Aids: File print in Whites Aviation folder blue 25, Benmore Hydro.

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Lake Waitaki dam and spillway

Date: [1934?]

From: New Zealand Railways: Photographs

Reference: 1/1-003838-G

Description: Lake Waitaki dam and spillway, with hydro-electric power plant in the distance. Photograph taken circa 1934 by an unidentified photographer. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Date estimated by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

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