ARAPUNI POWER SUPPLY.
. ' AVAILABLE IN JUNE. Per Press Association. HAMILTON, Feb. 14. Mr Rabone, Chief Public Works Engineer at Arapuni, when interviewed, estimated that the first supply of power from the hydro-electric works would be available about June, the amount being 15,000 kilowatts. Similar further supplies would probably be available in September and December or January. Mr Rabone was assured that the dam was perfectly safe and that - the ground would bear a pressure of 70 to 100 tons per square foot. The present greatest pressure was only eight tons. In comparing the conditions with the St. Francis dam, California, Mr Rabone said that the collapse of that dam was due to disintegration of the hard pan on which the dam had been constructed and had resulted from water action on ground previously dry. There was no such possibility at Arapuni.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 65, 14 February 1929, Page 7
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141ARAPUNI POWER SUPPLY. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 65, 14 February 1929, Page 7
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