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The original Turitea Dam was submerged after the second dam 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 22
Date
1911
Digitisation ID
2014N_W22_009167
Held In
Coolstore

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Creation

Created By
Place
Turitea, Palmerston North

Object rights

Taxonomy

Tags
bunting,
children,
city council,
engineering,
flags,
local government,
municipal,
photographs,
pnbc,
pncc,
tiritea,
water,
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