Kōrero: Waikato places

Arapuni dam

Arapuni  dam

The Arapuni hydroelectric power station, completed in 1929, was the second major hydro dam on the Waikato River. Workers reached it by crossing the 152-metre-long swing bridge. The bridge is now part of a walkway on the Waikato River Trail.

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New Zealand Herald
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Photograph by Sarah Ivey

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Nancy Swarbrick, 'Waikato places - Putaruru and Tīrau', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/27354/arapuni-dam (accessed 20 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Nancy Swarbrick, updated 11 Jun 2015