THE CREST of the Benmore earth dam, looking from the Canterbury to the Otago side of the Waitaki river. The 15,000-acre lake, which will be formed on the upstream side of the dam (on the right of the photograph), will come to within 10ft of the dam crest. The giant penstocks, leading the water into the six turbines in the power-house, can be seen on the Otago end of the dam. In the left background is the valvehouse which will convert the electricity from alternating current to direct current to feed the power to the North Island by the Cook Strait cables.
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30431, 4 May 1964, Page 1
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102THE CREST of the Benmore earth dam, looking from the Canterbury to the Otago side of the Waitaki river. The 15,000-acre lake, which will be formed on the upstream side of the dam (on the right of the photograph), will come to within 10ft of the dam crest. The giant penstocks, leading the water into the six turbines in the power-house, can be seen on the Otago end of the dam. In the left background is the valvehouse which will convert the electricity from alternating current to direct current to feed the power to the North Island by the Cook Strait cables. Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30431, 4 May 1964, Page 1
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