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Arapuni and Waitaki Hydro Schemes
- Date
- 1924-1937
- Reference
- PA1-q-769
- Description
Opens with views of the site of the Arapuni Hydro scheme and the Paturuahine Gorge which was flooded to form Lake Arapuni. This is followed by images of the repairs to the one of the water channels that took place in 1932. The rest are photographs of the dam at various stages of construction, the dam completed, views of the new lake, water flowing over the spillway, and the Arapuni falls created below the dam
Two views of Atiamuri show the Pohaturoa Rock in the background
Ten images of Stewart's Claim, a location south of Okarito, show scenic views some with gold dredging equipment lying around, a beach and a river estuary on which is a barge loaded with pipes.
Eight images record before and after effects of controlled blasting on a limestone bluff at Cobden Quarry, Greymouth, photographed on the 15th of January, 1932
The last section are views of the construction of the Waitaki Hydro, and the new Lake Waitaki. There are also several images of the Mokau Falls at Waikaremoana
Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Part of
- Furkert, Frederick William, 1876-1949 :Photographs of Hydro schemes and the Murchison and Hawke's Bay earthquakes
- Format
- 1 album(s) Album(s), Photographs
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UnknownMopping hot bitumen and pouring grout over steel sheets on the side slopes, Arapuni Hyd...
Date: [1932]
From: Furkert, Frederick William, 1876-1949 :Photographs of Hydro schemes and the Murchison and Hawke's Bay earthquakes
Reference: PA1-Q-769-07
Description: Workers mopping hot bitumen and pouring grout over the steel sheets on the side slopes, Arapuni Hydro project, 1932 Source of descriptive information - album caption Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Print, 8.7 x 14.5 cm, mounted on album page