NEW MANGAHAO DAM.
With the new upper dam at Mangahao brought into service, the storage capacity available is now 248 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 166 million cubic feet ia in the new dam. 'lt is hoped that, within a year, the plant at Waikaremoana will be assisting Mangahao. Progress has reached the point where the headwaters shbuld be ready and the power-station roof constructed within the next couple of months. The machinery is expected at any time now.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3732, 20 December 1927, Page 2
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109NEW MANGAHAO DAM. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3732, 20 December 1927, Page 2
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