More Info →Raising the Barrier at Turitea Dam

Description

The second dam at Turitea (originally built 1906-1907) was raised to 50 ft in 1912. This new enlarged structured was officially opened February 17 1913 and remained in use until 1957 when a 100 ft high dam was constructed.

Identification

Object type

Image

Relation

Public Photograph Collection W 21

Date

1912 to 1913

Digitisation ID

2014N_W21_009166

Format

B&W print

Held In

Coolstore