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Rapids on Waikato River near construction site for Whakamaru hydro power station
- Date
- 2 Mar 1949
- Reference
- WA-19546a-F
- Description
Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation showing early construction on the site for the Whakamaru hydro power station next to the rapids on the Waikato River.
Description provided reads "View shows the metal crusher and preparations for concrete batch plants prior to serious construction work. The dam was built midway up the rapids as a solid buttress dam, with an adjacent earth dam in the 'gully' to the right hand side of the photo. A Bailey Bridge was placed at the top of the rapids where the river had sliced a neat channel that was similar to the Huka Falls race, and it was this bridge that provided essential access to the Mangakino village when the Maraetai lake was filling. It was removed when the two lane road built on the Whakamaru dam was opened. Overlooking the site is 'Mount Kaahu' (Whakaahu), a farmed 'hill'. Far beyond upstream is the future Atiamuri dam site and Mangakino is 5km to the west of this site".
Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate
Processing information: Record updated 31 October 2024 with information provided by a researcher.
- Use/Reproduction
- Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs / Whites Aviation Ltd :Photographs
- Format
- 1 b&w original negative(s), Film negatives, Aerial photographs, Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate
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