RAISING THE WAIPORI DAM PROVIDES ADDITIONAL ELECTRICITY FOR CITY.— The completion of the scheme involving the raising of the crest level of the Dunedin City Corporations dam at Waipori by 43ft was marked by an official ceremony to-day. This view of the dam, winch harnesses Lake Mahinerangi, shows the spillway, and the gap is where the control gate is to be placed in position, The No. 1 power station is dwarfed by the dam, which now has a height of 113 ft.
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Evening Star, Issue 25948, 13 November 1946, Page 9
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82RAISING THE WAIPORI DAM PROVIDES ADDITIONAL ELECTRICITY FOR CITY.—The completion of the scheme involving the raising of the crest level of the Dunedin City Corporations dam at Waipori by 43ft was marked by an official ceremony to-day. This view of the dam, winch harnesses Lake Mahinerangi, shows the spillway, and the gap is where the control gate is to be placed in position, The No. 1 power station is dwarfed by the dam, which now has a height of 113ft. Evening Star, Issue 25948, 13 November 1946, Page 9
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