Mangahao Power Station (N.Z.)

Date: ca 1920s-1950s

By: Nevilles Portraits Ltd

Reference: PAColl-0588

Description: Photographs of the construction of the Mangaore Power Station and the pipes leading from the Mangahao dams, and later construction work in the 1950s. Includes a interior view of the power station and a man standing next to one of the pipes to show the scale. Photographer for the later photographs was Neville's Portraits. Quantity: 9 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: Between 1910s and 1930s

From: AFCM :Six albums containing newspaper and magazine clippings, and some original photographs

By: Barker, Frank Giles, 1891-1955

Reference: PA1-f-002

Description: Includes a page showing the four main university colleges in New Zealand, circa 1930s; pages of botanical drawings; pages showing the Lever Brothers' soap manufacturing building, aspects of packaging Sunlight Soap and Lux soap powder at the factory, all photographed by F.G. Barker of Courtenay Place, Wellington. Also includes photographs and newspaper cuttings of transport used by country children going to school, including horseback and riding on cows. Images of various schools; bombers and fighters at Wigram Aerodrome during the visit to NZ of the Duke of York in 1927, including Bristol fighters, Avro 504 fighters, DH4 and DH9 bombers; map showing NZ as it would be situated if placed in corresponding latitude of Northern Hemisphere, NZ Government Railways; mean annual rainfall map of NZ (signed DG Bates, Director of Meteorological Office, 7.6.1911); farm buildings on Somes Island; cattle mustering at White Rock (Wairarapa); views of trains on the railway line between Pukerua Bay and Paekakariki before the Centennial Highway was constructed; view of the Jubilee floating dock arriving in Wellington in 1931, towed by two Dutch ocean-going tugboats.

Date: 1920s

By: Morton, William Bampton, 1885-1957; Morton, Dorothy Alice, 1884-1985

Reference: PAColl-3146

Description: Album and loose prints include photographs of power stations at Horohora, Lake Coleridge, Mangahao, Arapeti, and Tuai. Postcards of Grafton Bridge. Quantity: 1 album(s). 2 b&w original photographic print(s) (postcards) and. 7 b&w original photographic print(s) in one envelope.

Date: 23 July 1922

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: PA1-q-001-112

Description: Inlet end of tunnel no 1, Mangahao hydroelectric power project. Photographed by George Leslie Adkin 23 July 1922. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Fig 112. Inlet end of tunnel No 1 showing the double entrance. The portal on the left will be the future permenent intake, that on the right being a temporary one to facilitate the removal of the truck loads of spoil from the working face of the tunnel. 23.7.1922 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 9 x 15.5 cm, mounted on album page.

Date: 1922, 1923

By: Cooper, Enid, active 1974?; Cooper, Thornhill, active 1974

Reference: PA1-o-108

Description: Shows construction of powerhouse, and dams at Mangahao and Arapeti Other Titles - Cooper album Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 22x17 cm red buckram covers entitled "From my camera" in green slip-case

Date: 1916-1921

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: PA1-o-009

Description: Album (1), 1916-1921. Tararuas and Mangahao Hydroelectric power construction (images 1-58). See also Album (2), 1921-1922, Mangahao Hydroelectric Power Scheme (images 59-122), at PA1-q-001. Black and white photographs of various areas in the Tararua Range, including views of the high peaks, the Mangaore Stream, the Horowhenua lowland area from the ridge leading up to Te Paki trig station, the Arapeti Valley from the site of the future Tokomaru Dam (part of the Mangahao Hydroelectric scheme), and the remnants of the Shannon Land & Sawmilling Company sawmill in the Arapeti Valley. Views of a waterfall on the Tokomaru River which was submerged when the dam was completed; views of the jig tramway which connected the terminus of the service road with the bottom of the Mangahao Valley (450 ft descent, approximately 1 in 2 grade); sinking a shaft to test rock formation preparatory to construction of the power scheme.

Date: 1920-1929

From: Cox, Thomas George, 1887-1973 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-6712-3

Description: Photographs of trips taken in the countryside, of bridges, rivers, streams, waterfalls, native forest, mountains, coastal scenery and other scenic views. There are pictures of cars and one of a motorcycle with side car. There are prints of two fly fishermen displaying their catch in a net and of a man holding up a large eel. Others show yachts in sail, and men and boys in yachts; adult fun sports at a group outing identified in PAColl-6712-2 as being the "optic championships". Another group are shown playing cricket in the grounds of Days Bay House. There is also a single print of a hunter showing his bag of wild game birds. Animals are represented by cattle and horses, one of the latter associated with two men and a wagon-full of freshly harvested hay, another is harnessed to a coach parked beside a stationary train. A sequence of prints records the dams and lakes of the newly completed Mangahao Hydro in the hills inland from Shannon. Three prints show a ship grounded in coastal shallows. There are portrait and group photographs of people, including children, and one print of a children's party. Several show picnic groups.

Date: [1920s]

From: Field, Arthur Nelson : Collection of albums and negatives

Reference: PA1-o-161

Description: Album of photographs (each one 4.5 x 6.5 cm), with views of the North Island. One shows a group of four cars on the Paekakariki Hill Road; others show camping sites, landscapes and the Duchess (yacht). A number of people are shown, but are not clearly identified. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown mock-crocodile cover, entitled "Photographs"; 13.5 x 22.0 cm

Date: 1921-1922

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: PA1-q-001

Description: Album (2), 1921-1922, Mangahao Hydro-electric scheme, images 59-122. Album showing the development of construction of the Mangahao Hydro-electric power scheme, with all aspects, including service roads, the sawmill supplying timber for buildings and other requirements of construction, work camps, the tunnels for water pipes. See also Album (1) 1916-1921, Tararuas & Mangahao Hydro-Electric construction, images 1-58 (at PA1-o-009).

Date: [19--]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Papers and diaries

Reference: MSOX-Papers-0261-10/18C

Description: Large colour map, hand drawn, showing fault lines for the Wellington - Palmerston North area. On verso : Mangahao Power Development. Longitudinal Section Mangahao Dam concrete progress, undated Quantity: 1 roll.

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-1957-F

Description: Panoramic view looking down over the Mangahao Power Station centre foreground, pipelines coming down from the hills on the right. Houses and workmen's huts on the left. Power lines from the hydro station up hill in centre and across hills to the left. Rugged hills in the background, some bush-clad. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Mangahoe Works [i.e. Mangahao Works]. Mangahoe Electric Power Station [i.e. Mangahao Electric Power Station]. No. 718. New Zealand; Marginal notes on negative - Mangahoe [i.e. Mangahao] Power Station. 1 oils. 1 B&W Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 104.0 cm

Date: 1929-1933, 1974-1975

By: Thomson, William Sidney, 1908-1922

Reference: PA-Group-00860

Description: Photographs, particularly of hydroelectric power stations in New Zealand, taken between 1929-1933 by Scotsman W S Thomson. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Letter from donor of 30 June 2013 reads "I do not know the details of his [W S Thompson] work at the power stations - whether work placements connected with his course or vacation jobs". See Thomson's name record for further information on his life, studies and work. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). 1 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 newspaper cutting. Physical Description: Pages of a photograph album, photographic print, newspaper cutting Provenance: Donated by Jean Asher in two accessions (April and July), 2013. Donor is Thomson's daughter. Transfers: From Book Collections - Asher, Jean: Photograph and newspaper clipping relating to Mangahao Power station.

Date: 1929-1933

From: Thomson, William Sidney, 1908-1982: Photographs relating particularly to New Zealand hydroelectric power stations

Reference: PA1-o-1823

Description: Photographs, particularly of hydroelectric power stations in New Zealand, taken between 1929-1933 by William Sidney Thomson. Hydro scheme images feature: construction, unidentifided workers, and work camp housing at the Waitaki Hydro-Electric Scheme (1930); construction of the Coffer Dam, including draught tubes and turbines; Arapeti Dam and surrounding forest; interior and exterior shots of the completed Mangahao Power Station (1933) with one unidentified worker and partially submerged trees; houses, tents, roads, drafting room at district office, and surge chamber at Mangaore-Waikaremoana Power System, Shannon, with W B King identified and Thomson at work; and the power station at Lake Coleridge. Also contains images of steam power station at Otira as well as railway images from the area (tunnel, locomotive). Holiday photographs show Thomson with [friends? colleagues?]. These images show hiking, skiing, hunting, and river scenes, with Arthur's Pass, Cass, and the Isle of Skye, Scotland, featured. Other locations include Dead Mans Creek, Canterbury College Biological Station, and Christchurch's Cathedral Square and Port Lyttelton (1933). Identified figures are Rob Mc Farquhar and Milne Watson. Gordon H is shown in his robes with this Masters of Science and suburban images show Matapouri Crescent and Elmira Avenue in Palmerston North (1933). Arrangement: Letter from donor, written 30 June 2013, reads: "Enclosed are originals of the photographs taken by my father, W S Thomson, of the New Zealand power stations. The pages (now numbered) are in the order in which they came in the album" Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Cardboard photograph album pages with silver gelatin photoprints

Date: 1978, 1992, 1995, date unknown

From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage

Reference: PA12-12260

Description: Transparencies of concrete construction in New Zealand, taken by Geoffrey Thornton or Jocelyn Thornton. Each slide mount is annotated with the name or brief description, and/or the location, of the concrete structure. Dates and photographer name are sometimes annotated. Buildings/structures and locations annotated on the slide mounts include former Nelson Moate Building in Wellington, Green Hayes in Temuka, Devonport Flats in New Plymouth, Desco building in Napier, Mangahao Powerhouse near Shannon, exterior and interior of Tauroa in Havelock North, house at 4 Goldies Brae in Wellington, house at 4 Kingsview Road in Auckland, former Triumph Dairy Factory at Ngaere, house at 1 Grosvenor Terrace in Wellington, Fort Ballance in Wellington, Blue Baths in Rotorua, Overton near Marton, house at 7 Dexter Avenue in Auckland, tower of Clifton House in Auckland, ruin of flax mill at Opiki, Mercerdale cottage near Waitepeka, and judge Chapman's house in Dunedin. Title supplied by Library. Few slides have dates annotated Arrangement: Transparencies were arranged in a small plastic slide case, capable of holding 20-30 mounted slides, labelled "Concrete book Bldgs". There was no apparent order. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies in plastic and cardboard slide mounts. Processing information: Slides have been removed from container and put into archival pockets, following the original order, from left to right and top to bottom.

Date: 1926-1928

From: Earle, Laurence Edward, 1896-1980: Photograph album and negatives relating to Earle's work with the Public Works Department

Reference: PAColl-10723

Description: Unbound photograph album and pages comprises photographs of hydroelectric power and electricity transmission, probably taken by Laurence Earle from 1926 to1928. Photographs are mainly of completed and under construction work for hydroelectric dams and electricity pylons (known at the time as 'towers').The album also contains photographs of powerhouses around the North Island, scenic images taken on location, and worker's campsites. Images of fieldwork include in-construction and erection of electricity towers at Hobsonville, East Tamaki, Greenhithe, Penrose-Takapuna, Panmure and Bombay; as well as cabling installation, bullock teams, survey equipment, construction equipment and dredging machinery. Hydroelectric dam images feature pipelines, dam spillways, dam walls and turbines. Photographs with interior and/or exterior views of powerhouses include the Waikaremoana power scheme, the Arapuni Dam, and Penrose substation. Scenic landscape views include Rangiriri swamp, Waihi, Waiau river and gorge, Mangaore and Poutere lake. Most photographs have accompanying caption inscriptions, ranging from 1926 to 1928, which describe locations, structures, campsites, and bridges. Some photographs feature workers at campsites, or working on tower construction and/or undertaking fieldwork. Photocopy of Mangahao dam diversion tunnels scheme, which accompanied the album on arrival, held in Photographic Archive backfile. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: The album pages have been kept in their original order by the archivist. Quantity: 88 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted on unbound album pages. 1 item(s) of photographic ephemera photographic album cover. Physical Description: Unbound photograph album with navy blue cover and bound spine, 29.5 x 24 cm, with loose pages. Processing information: As the album pages on arrival were partially separated from the cover, the Conservation staff have separated the album cover from the pages. The cover has been cleaned and retained with the pages for storage.

Date: 1922-1923

By: Belt, William James, active 1920s; Electricity Corporation of New Zealand

Reference: PA1-o-766

Description: Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Provenance: This album was sent to the Electricity Corporation of New Zealand by a Mr Bert Vowden, RD 1, Great Barrier Island. The original owner was Mrs Paula Shear, Flat 35 Dalcross House, 541 Ashley Rd, Pool BH14 OBE, Dorset, England, a niece of the photographer, William James Belt

Date: Between January 1920 and September 1927

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: PA1-f-007

Description: Album of black & white photographs taken between January 1920 and September 1927 showing the physiography and geological formations, native flora, rivers and valleys, panoramic views with individual peaks named, and members of tramping clubs in the Tararua District. Various trips include visits to the No. 1 Gorge and No. 3 Gorge during the building of the Mangahao Hydroelectric dam; partial ascent of Mt Hector in 1921; various attempts to cross the Tararuas between Levin and Eketahuna, with the full crossing achieved March 4-7 1927; the initial outing of the Levin-Waiopehu Tramping Club, May 25, 1927. Photographs taken by George Leslie Adkin.

Date: 1920s

From: Morton, W B :Photograph album and loose prints relating to hydroelectric projects

By: Darby, Edward Joseph, 1875-1959

Reference: PA1-o-352

Description: Album includes photographs of the design and construction of power stations at Horohora, Lake Coleridge, Mangahao, Arapeti, Tuai; the construction of the Khandallah substation etc; and close-up views of machinery and equipment, including a pole lorry, insulators, a transformer room, and generators. Two views show aspects of the Broken Hill Associated Smelters Pty Ltd, at Port Pirie in South Australia, one view of "flying foxes" for filling smelter bins, and one (in colour) emptying slag pots. Photographs probably taken by William Bampton Morton, an engineer with the State Hydro-Electric Department Inscriptions: Album page - "W.B. Morton, Wellington, July 1924" Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with tan cloth covers, entitled Album, with "Electrical" in pencil above; 24 x 30 cm

By: Dinkin, H, active 1970s?; Hann, R E, active 1970s?

Reference: PAColl-0116

Description: Includes postcards of the Carillon, Botanic Gardens, Massey Memorial, Parliament Buildings etc, and photographs of the Khandallah, Brown Owl, Mangahao Hydro, and the centennial memorial at Sandon Quantity: 18 b&w original photographic print(s) in one envelope. Physical Description: 4 90x65mm; 6 80x60mm; and 6 140x80mm

Date: 1931 - 1939

By: Butterton, Maxwell Stuart, 1914-1982

Reference: PAColl-0005

Description: Quantity: 328 b&w original photographic print(s) on 168 sheets.