The site of the Taupo Borough Council's second power project on the Hinemaiaia River. The retaining wall for the dam will cut across the earthworks in the centre of the picture and the water will back up through the "S" shaped scrub covered gorge just above which it is 50ft. deep. The earthworks in the background show the area from which scrub and trees have been cleared and which will form the bottom of the lake.
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Taupo Times, Volume XIV, Issue 41, 27 May 1965, Page 1
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76The site of the Taupo Borough Council's second power project on the Hinemaiaia River. The retaining wall for the dam will cut across the earthworks in the centre of the picture and the water will back up through the "S" shaped scrub covered gorge just above which it is 50ft. deep. The earthworks in the background show the area from which scrub and trees have been cleared and which will form the bottom of the lake. Taupo Times, Volume XIV, Issue 41, 27 May 1965, Page 1
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