BLENHEIM'S ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY.—The silting of the dam at the Waihopai hydro-electric works has provided a serious problem for engineers. When the dam was built 10 years ago there was a lake a mile long and 20 feet deep. Now there is only a small, shallow pool immediately abovethedamsupplying water to. the power-house , >
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21706, 13 February 1936, Page 18
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53BLENHEIM'S ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY.—The silting of the dam at the Waihopai hydro-electric works has provided a serious problem for engineers. When the dam was built 10 years ago there was a lake a mile long and 20 feet deep. Now there is only a small, shallow pool immediately abovethedamsupplying water to. the power-house, > Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21706, 13 February 1936, Page 18
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