THE TWO WAIPORI DAMS.
twT 110 ft^ am (30 ° y ards Aovm the Waipori Gorge from the 60ft dam) under construction. The small wall on 1S UP T h6ight ° f 110 ft T 4 maSßive St - Ctoe ta «* centre '<** boring on top) : ' Sn £ "m t 0 6n f f ° Undation ° f the WaU t 0 be COntoed " °* tbe Mt-hand ide (not fonTiAtf 1 7 T P i :a T 7 r eP bGen madG int ° the hiU Side a * d > to this the ™ U - iU be built. The pipe C ° meS m fr ° m the 6 ° ft dam and drives the P"™ generators in the building sur- ' S '^ h t ffenerat ° rS n ° W and are ***« *> s ™ *e «Hy , » requirements. If the S Z gS ° n ?' thC ?ft pip6S be rem ° Ved ia due course > a » d * e P™* *>"» worled without them is used Z»W »+V g ° f Wat 6r ' 3nd the fIOW Shown in the river is Poetically all from them. The water used again at the mam power (or No. 2) station. The cost of the work already carried out is roughly £140,000. The estimated cost of the complete structure is £226,000.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21148, 4 October 1930, Page 10
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194THE TWO WAIPORI DAMS. Otago Daily Times, Issue 21148, 4 October 1930, Page 10
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