ELECTRICITY FROM BENMORE.—A Ministry of Works truck splashes through a watercourse on the three mile road from the Otematata Construction camp to the Benmore hydro-electric power scheme. The 200 huts in the background, on the dusty plain of the Waitaki river basin, make up the first of four similar camps to accommodate single men. Married men and their families will have houses. The town of Otematata will eventually have a population of about 5000.
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Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28492, 23 January 1958, Page 14
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74ELECTRICITY FROM BENMORE.—A Ministry of Works truck splashes through a watercourse on the three mile road from the Otematata Construction camp to the Benmore hydro-electric power scheme. The 200 huts in the background, on the dusty plain of the Waitaki river basin, make up the first of four similar camps to accommodate single men. Married men and their families will have houses. The town of Otematata will eventually have a population of about 5000. Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28492, 23 January 1958, Page 14
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