CLOSING THE GAP.—High above the spillway abutment of the massive Benmore dam, crews of the New Zealand Electricity Department are shown working to string the last cable spans of the D.C. transmission line. Cable-winders and bull-winches are securely anchored to steel posts sunk in the ground and tethered to heavy tractors.
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30602, 19 November 1964, Page 1
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51CLOSING THE GAP.—High above the spillway abutment of the massive Benmore dam, crews of the New Zealand Electricity Department are shown working to string the last cable spans of the D.C. transmission line. Cable-winders and bull-winches are securely anchored to steel posts sunk in the ground and tethered to heavy tractors. Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30602, 19 November 1964, Page 1
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