A GENERAL VIEW OF THE SITE FOR THE BENMORE HYDRO-ELECTRIC SCHEME. THE EARTH DAM, TO BE ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE WORLD, WILL BE BUILT ACROSS THE WAITAKI RIVER ABOUT ONE MILE BELOW ITS CONFLUENCE WITH THE AHURIRI. THE SITE FOR THE POWERHOUSE IS INDICATED. CAPABLE OF GENERATING 486,000 KILOWATTS, THE NEW PROJECT WILL BE THE BIGGEST ENGINEERING JOB TACKLED IN NEW ZEALAND. IT IS LIKELY TO COST MORE THAN £26,000,000 AND TAKE ABOUT EIGHT YEARS TO COMPLETE.
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Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28268, 4 May 1957, Page 8
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79A GENERAL VIEW OF THE SITE FOR THE BENMORE HYDRO-ELECTRIC SCHEME. THE EARTH DAM, TO BE ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE WORLD, WILL BE BUILT ACROSS THE WAITAKI RIVER ABOUT ONE MILE BELOW ITS CONFLUENCE WITH THE AHURIRI. THE SITE FOR THE POWERHOUSE IS INDICATED. CAPABLE OF GENERATING 486,000 KILOWATTS, THE NEW PROJECT WILL BE THE BIGGEST ENGINEERING JOB TACKLED IN NEW ZEALAND. IT IS LIKELY TO COST MORE THAN £26,000,000 AND TAKE ABOUT EIGHT YEARS TO COMPLETE. Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28268, 4 May 1957, Page 8
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