TRANSMISSION LINES.
CONNECTING NORTHERN SCHEMES. TWO BIG UNDERTAKINGS. (By Telegraph—Special to Standard.) WELLINGTON, April 1. As planned originally, the three great hydro-electric schemes of the North Island will be connected by high tension transmission lines so that they can help each other in peak times or conditions of stress. A further instalment in the connecting system is to be provided shortly, as Cabinet has authorised calling tenders for the materials required to erect a transmission line from Arapuni to Stratford, thus linking up the Arapuni generators with the Taranaki laid and enabling the power, if necessary, to be fed into the system served by Mangaho and Waikaremoana. The new transmission line will run through Te Kuiti down the valley of the Ongarue River and through Whangamomona to Stratford, the total distance being 120 miles. The voltage used will be 120,000. Another important connecting line between Arapuni and Waikaremoana, about 100 miles long, has been surveyed through difficult and remote country, but it is not expected to have the construction work completed on this route for 12 months.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 106, 1 April 1930, Page 7
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