LAYING THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE DAM AT THE WAITAKI HYDRO-ELECTRIC WORKS. The first of 0 series of photographs of the big hydro-electric works n ow being carried out at the Waitaki River, between Timaru and Oamaru. This view is taken looking along the spillway to the big abutment on the northern side of the dam. - 45 feet below water-level, and it was at this point that Professor Hornell made tests of the foundations and lock strata.
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Waikato Times, Volume 108, Issue 18166, 3 November 1930, Page 3
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76LAYING THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE DAM AT THE WAITAKI HYDRO-ELECTRIC WORKS. The first of 0 series of photographs of the big hydro-electric works n ow being carried out at the Waitaki River, between Timaru and Oamaru. This view is taken looking along the spillway to the big abutment on the northern side of the dam. – 45 feet below water-level, and it was at this point that Professor Hornell made tests of the foundations and lock strata. Waikato Times, Volume 108, Issue 18166, 3 November 1930, Page 3
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