FILLING THE LAKE AT ARAPUNI: PHOTOGRAPHS SECURED ON SUNDAY EVENING AND YESTERDAY MORNING, SHOWING PROGRESS OF OPERATIONS. rw -MrJ A. vnlnm, of th, Waikato River was zoine over the spillway from the headrace by noon on Sunday, forming a cataract a short distance below, terminating "! a leap of 30ft. A large lagoon Sult'ed of a small creek to regain it. old bed 21, rules from dam. The flat proved to be a pumice bed and terrific «oaon took place, the stwam cutting through a bank 40ft. high. During the night the width of the new outfall was extended from a few chains to nearly 300 yds., with corresponding depth.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19834, 3 January 1928, Page 6
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109FILLING THE LAKE AT ARAPUNI: PHOTOGRAPHS SECURED ON SUNDAY EVENING AND YESTERDAY MORNING, SHOWING PROGRESS OF OPERATIONS. rw -MrJ A. vnlnm, of th, Waikato River was zoine over the spillway from the headrace by noon on Sunday, forming a cataract a short distance below, terminating "! a leap of 30ft. A large lagoon Sult'ed of a small creek to regain it. old bed 21, rules from dam. The flat proved to be a pumice bed and terrific «oaon took place, the stwam cutting through a bank 40ft. high. During the night the width of the new outfall was extended from a few chains to nearly 300 yds., with corresponding depth. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19834, 3 January 1928, Page 6
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