LAKE HAWEA HYDRO-ELECTRIC CONTROL WORKS.—The partly-built sluice block, viewed from the upstream portal, showing the four sluices in which radial gates will be fitted. A concrete retaining wall will rise 15ft above the sluice block, and the massive earthwork of the dam will then be tamped solidly into position across the top of the block.
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Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28263, 29 April 1957, Page 13
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55LAKE HAWEA HYDRO-ELECTRIC CONTROL WORKS.—The partly-built sluice block, viewed from the upstream portal, showing the four sluices in which radial gates will be fitted. A concrete retaining wall will rise 15ft above the sluice block, and the massive earthwork of the dam will then be tamped solidly into position across the top of the block. Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28263, 29 April 1957, Page 13
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