HYDRO-ELECTRICITY.
NEW MANGAHAO DAM. With the new upper dam at Mangalino brought into service, the storage capacity available is now 2-IS million cubic feet of water. This total is made up by three dams. No. 1 dam, at Mangahao, provides 55 million cubic feet of storage, No. 2 dam at Arapeti, 27 million cubic feet, and Hi million cubic feet is in the new dam. It is hoped that within a year the plant at Waikaremoana will be assisting Mangalia o. Progress has reached the point where the headwaters should be. ready and the power-station roof constructed within the next couple of months. The machinery is expected at anv time now.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 19 December 1927, Page 5
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111HYDRO-ELECTRICITY. Wairarapa Daily Times, 19 December 1927, Page 5
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