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Description

The man sitting on top of the dam is P W Anderson of Levin. Samuel Jickell was Palmerston North Borough Engineer from 1904-1919. This dam was originally completed in 1907 but was raised to 50 feet in 1912. It was officially opened February 17 1913. This enlarged dam remained in use until 1957 when a 100 ft high dam was constructed.

Identification

Object type

Image

Relation

Public Photograph Collection W 26

Date

1906

Digitisation ID

2014N_W26_009169

Format

B&W print