ELECTRIC POWER LINE
Arapuni to Stratford PROGRESS OF WORK Dominion Special Service, Auckland, November 1. Good progress Is belug made with the construction of a 110,000-volt electric transmission line from Arapuni to Stratford, a distance of 123 miles. The object of the line is to connect the Arapuni system with the Mangnhao and AA’alkaremonna systems, and to supplement the Taranaki reticulation with current from Arapuni when the capacity of the Maugahao system is fully extended. , The new line follows a route through the King Country, touching Puketutu, Ohura, Tangarakau, and Whangamomona. About three-quarters of the Uno is constructed, and the whole of the work is expected to be completed before next winter. Most of the line will be suspended from wooden poles, but over the hilly country steel towers are being erected.
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Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 33, 2 November 1933, Page 13
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132ELECTRIC POWER LINE Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 33, 2 November 1933, Page 13
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