HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER.
A POTENTIAL SOURCE.
THE RANGITAIKI RIVER.
[bx telegraph.—- own- correspondent.] V7HAKATANE. Sunday. The members of tho party of local residents who inspected the WhakatanoGalatea Road were greatly impressed by tho possibilities of the Kangitaik'i River as a source of cheap hydro-electric power. This river rises in Hawke's Bay, and, skirting the Kaiangaroa Plains and tho TJrewera Country for a distance of over 100 miles, rushes down through* a succession of gorges, making a descent of about 1200 ft. in about 30 miles. At one place it takes a sheer drop of 30ft. exactly Jiko the Huka Falls. There is a succession of rapids within six miles of Te Teko, where the river falls at least 20ft. in as many chains, while all along the river an unlimited supply of hard rock can be easily obtained for concrete work. This rock is considered to be the hardest in the Bay of Plonty. The stone should be very valuable in the near future for road metal.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18814, 15 September 1924, Page 8
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