Hinemaiaia B Progress
Reasonable pro g r e s s was 111 ade with construction Avork of Hinemaiaia B power station in July in spite of the adverse weather conditions, said the borough electrical engineer, Mr K. G. Stewart, to last week's meeting of Taupo Borough Council. He said the 13ft. wall, east of the dam proper, was poured to seven feet above the rock and six struts for the wall were placed and a ground beam poured for the struts. "Eighty lineal feet of the spillway wall was poured which now brings the total to 160 feet. "Construction of the new access to the power house was started and excavation in the rock of the intake channel was completed. "Value of the work done on the dam to date is £25,824," he kid.
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Taupo Times, Volume XIV, Issue 69, 2 September 1965, Page 8
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134Hinemaiaia B Progress Taupo Times, Volume XIV, Issue 69, 2 September 1965, Page 8
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