CRACKS IN POWER HOUSE
RUMOURS OF TROUBLE AT LAKE COLERIDGE NO BASIS FOR STORY Press Association CHRISTCHURCH, Today. There is no basis for an alarming rumour which was in circulation in the city yesterday regarding the stability of the hydro-electric generating station at Lake Coleridge, on which most of Canterbury depends for its supply of electric energy. This was ascertained by a reporter who visited the station during tile day and made a personal investigation. The story was that the main walls of the station had developed large cracks between the original portion of the building and additions that were erected five years ago. The whole station rests on a raft of concrete floating oil a bed of shingle. The original portion settled slightly after it was built and then reached a firm base. When the second part was built it also had to settle and in the settling process cracks appeared. These have caused the engineers no concern, as similar cracks have been observed in reinforced concrete buildings in other parts of the country under similar circumstances.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1025, 16 July 1930, Page 13
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178CRACKS IN POWER HOUSE Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1025, 16 July 1930, Page 13
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