PROGRESS OF LAKE PUKAKI HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER SCHEME.—TOP: The concrete foundations for the sluice gates at the Lake Pukaki hydro-electric power works are now taking shape. About 600 tons of steel are being used to reinforce the concrete structure. The sluiceway cut, a large part of which is shown in the photograph, is 700 feet long by 107 feet wide. BOTTOM: The temporary dam at the outlet to the Pukaki river. The dam was built as an emergency measure to raise the level of the lake by three feet and so give in urgently-needed storage of water for the Waitaki power station during the winter.
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25226, 3 July 1947, Page 3
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104PROGRESS OF LAKE PUKAKI HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER SCHEME.—TOP: The concrete foundations for the sluice gates at the Lake Pukaki hydro-electric power works are now taking shape. About 600 tons of steel are being used to reinforce the concrete structure. The sluiceway cut, a large part of which is shown in the photograph, is 700 feet long by 107 feet wide. BOTTOM: The temporary dam at the outlet to the Pukaki river. The dam was built as an emergency measure to raise the level of the lake by three feet and so give in urgently-needed storage of water for the Waitaki power station during the winter. Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25226, 3 July 1947, Page 3
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