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Rowing Course and Ski Area, Lake Ruataniwha

2010-03-13T11:20:38.503Z

View Large on Black About On my way to work one morning last week I stopped at Lake Ruataniwha for this opportunity shot. The lake was reasonably calm, so I could capture some reflection. The Shot - RAW exposure bracket shot (0..-2..+2 EV) handheld using Canon EOS 50D Photomatix - tonemapped generated HDR using detail enhancer option Photoshop Elements - filter with Topaz Adjust for vibrance - enhance with unsharp mask

A walk through historic Foxton - Part 1

2010-03-13T08:31:21.449Z

On 28 February 2010 I collected a pamphlet from the Foxton Museum (open Sundays 2-4pm) and walked through historic Foxton stopping to look at the plaques (the text of some is included in this topic).. Starting at Coronation Hall where the plaque shows a photograph of cars assembled 'outside the Coronation Hall (c1915) in readiness for a parade. The front car's sign urges citizens to "Support the Wounded Soldiers". The others read "Remember Grand Patriotic Concert". Such concerts were held in 1915 and 1916. The Manawatu Hotel stands in the background. Between the hall and the hotel is a house belonging to S. Howan. Photo below: circa 1915 Photo below: 2010 Click here to see more details of the Foxton Coronation and Town Halls. Over the road are Ihakara Gardens. The Maori settlement of Te Awahou was located in this area. The war memorial stands on the triangle reserve which is reputed to have been the site of the meeting house of the settlement. The Ngati Raukawa people that lived here were led by Ihakara Tukumaru. Nearby Ihakara Gardens are on the site of the kainga's burial ground which was used by both Maori and Pakeha. Although Ihakara's people later abandoned the settlement they returned to bury the body of their chief there in 1881. This is one of the six graves still marked by a headstone. Photos (left): Sign outside Ihakara Gardens (right): View of 4 headstones in Ihakara Gardens. In Ihakara Gardens there is a plaque with three photographs taken by Wanganui photographers Harding-Denton in 1878. The originals of these photos are held in the Alexander Turnbull Library. In the foregrounds of each is part of Ihakara Gardens with picket fence marked graves. This photograph shows at left the two storied Manchester House (with horses tethered outside) and residence. The building burnt down in the 1880s and was replaced. It had various uses including a drapery shop (Osborne), Bryant's billiard saloon, boarding house, butcher's shop, photographer's studio and a Gentlemen's Club. When it burnt down again in 1937 it was not rebuilt. In the distance can be seen some of the bush that lined the sand ridge along which a road was laid. Originally known as The Avenue but today it is Avenue Road. In the middle of the photo: "Tansley's Manawatu Hotel" had been in existence for over ten years (at the time of this photo). It began life as White Hart Hotel in the mid 1860s. The present day building is a 1900 replacement of the original that burnt down. On the right of the photo is Trasks's bakery and home. On the left of this photograph are the barracks used for housing immigrant settlers when thay had to wait for railway transport after they had arrived at the port of Foxton. It was also used as the Borough Council office when it was formed in 1888. At the back can be seen the privately owned public hall after which the street it is located in, Hall Street, was named. Originally this thoroughfare was known as Loudon Street. In the middle of the photo is the Court House, built c1865. This section also housed the district's first policeman, John Purcell, appointed in 1867. The Court House was not just used by the judicial system but also by several groups for meetings. Sittings of the Maori Land Court were also held here for, in early years, the only other village in the area was Otaki. This Court House was used until 1929 when it was replaced by the building now housing the Museum of Foxton History. St Andrew's Presbyterian Church is the next building along Main Street and it is the oldest building in town. New Zealand's first Presbyterian Missionary, James Duncan, raised funds from all over the Wellington Province to pay for the church, which opened in 1867. It was used as a church until 1970 and became the home of the Foxton Little Theatre in 1971. This photograph shows St Andrew's Church and several business premises including the newly built two stories Whytes Hotel. Down the right hand side of the street there is another group of business premises including Liddel's two storied shop. In the foreground is what was to become the Manawatu Herald building. Horses and a cart stand on the Triangle Reserve which today accomodates the town's memorial for fallen soldiers. The tram/railway line ran down the middle of Main Street from 1873 to 1881. In a later year a deviation was constructed which took the line to the west of the town through what is now the grounds of Manawatu College and down to a riverside reclamation. The Triangle Reserve in the foreground was first tidied up in 1899 when a post and chain fence wes erected. Cabbage trees and a seat were also installed. In 1908 John Chrystall drilled a well here which supplied water per a hand pump. Note there is no road running between Ihakara Gardens and the Triangle Reserve. The land to the west was the property of Rev. Duncan and roads through were not laid out until several years later. Photograph: The "Old Cemetery" as it was known, became very much neglected and from the early 1900s locals began agitating for it to be cleaned up. This photograph shows how it had been invaded by pine trees. Also in the photograph is the old Court House built in the mid 1860s and replaced in 1929. Historical background: Before any upgrading could be started the Borough had to approach the Maori owners. Several years of discussion etc. resulted in the land being offered to the Borough as a gift. In the mid 1920s the "Old Cemetery" became the focus of the activities of the Foxton Beautifying Society and they organised the cleaning up of the section, shaping and grassing of the hill, laying of footpaths, construction of the fence and planting of shrubs. Thus the "Old Cemetery" became Ihakara gardens and the town had one of its iconic features. The oldest marked grave (1850) is that of Dr J. Best a nephew of Capt. F. Robinson whose son is also buried here. Ann, the daughter of one of the district's other early settlers T and K Kebbell, was buried here in 1854. There are certainly others whose graves are no longer marked, buried here, for this urupu of the Te Awahou marae was the only burial ground in the town until 1871. Besides Ihakara, there are six other Maori of his whanau listed on the headstones. Earlier photographs show picket fences around sites where there is now no indication of a burial having taken place. There are twelve people who it is considered would almost certainly have been buried here. Main Street, Foxton PHOTOGRAPH: Main Street c 1922. The Memorial to Fallen Soldiers is in place but the water tower is not. The new Ihakara Gardens fence is still to be built but note there is no sign of the marked burial plots of the 1878 photos. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: The early 1920s saw several changes at the northern end of Main Street. Noticeable in this photo is the Fallen Soldiers' Memorial on the triangle reserve. The fence around the memorial was later replaced by a concrete one which has since been removed. On the let stands St Andrew's Church which was erected as a result of the fund raising efforts of Rev Duncan. Beyond it are the brick buildings replacing those destroyed in 1912 fire. The first of these is the general store of Barr and Tyer. Behind is the two storied Whytes Hotel. On the right is the two storied McColl plumbers building and next to it is the home of the Manawatu Herald (now Manawatu Print), which was built 1879. This publication began in 1878, in a building next to All Saints' Church. It served the district well, although not only from this site, until 1996. There is no building next to the Herald as in 1920 the Racing Club office was burnt down and was not replaced until 1922. The first verandah denotes Bauckhams store. This business was moved in 1924 to a new building on the corner of Clyde and Main Streets, which was built after a fire in that area. Bauckham's store was the forerunner of Foxton New World which was opened accross the street in 2002. The picket fence in the photo was replaced by the present roughcast one as part of the Beautifying Society's upgrade in 1921-22. The present day plantings in Ihakara Gardens were part of a 1990s clean up by te Historical Society and Keep Foxton Beautiful, using funds from the sale of the Band Hall in Cook Street. A similar photo on Kete around 1922: Similar view in 2010: Secondary department Foxton D H S Foxton District High School Secondary department taken from Ihakara Gardens. This photograph shows the building (now demolished) which stood on the land beside Ihakara Gardens. It was built as the Secondary Department of Foxton District High School and opened in 1927. As well as classrooms it contained woodwork and cooking rooms. A few years earlier the site had been considered as a possible site for school baths. Historical Background: Until this building was opened local children had to go to boarding schools or travel by train to Palmerston North for their secondary education. The latter option meant arriving at school late and leaving early, ideal for some nut not for the serious scholar. For many years School Committees and Headmasters pushed for provision of secondary education. Finally, in 1925, it was decided to translate Foxton Primary School into a District High School. This meant adding secondary classes to the already existing state school. During 1926 headmaster Frank Mason taught a few secondary pupils in his office while the new building was being built. In 1952 the secondary department moved to new buildings in Lady's Mile as increasing rolls had created overcrowding. These new buildings became the basis of Manawatu College in 1961. This building continued to be used for manual training for primary and decondary classes. The primary section of the school moved a class in and also established their library in one of the rooms. The building was later condemned and it was demolished in 1973. Ownership of the site was returned to the Maori descendants of the original owners who had donated it for educational use. Click here to see more details of the Foxton War Memorial. Click here to read exerpts on the History of the Foxton War Memorial published in the Manawatu Herald in 1919/1920. The view from Clyde Street dates from the early 1900s, prior to 1905. It was in that year that the old Bank of New Zealand building (next to the first telegraph pole on the left) was burnt down. Whytes Hotel is on the left and on the other side of White Street is the Red Store of M H Walker. A flag flies on the Post Office Hotel. On the right a group stands outside the building which was built as the Bank of Australasia and in the photograph is probably a doctor's surgery. It was also used by the Salvation Army Red Shield Club before it was burnt down. Historical background: The wide Main Street of Foxton has been one of its features from the first plan. The original tramway/railway ran down the middle to the station next to the Wharf Street corner. There were often complaints about the wagons of stock left in the street overnight and Foxtonians were pleased to see the line removed to the riverside in 1881. The muddy surface was not sealed until 1912. In the foreground is an ornate gas lamp. The reticulation of coal gas through the town was started by a private firm in 1908. The gasworks were in Cook Street and the Borough took them over in 1910. These works were closed in 1938 and all signs of them have now been removed. The lamplighter lost jis job when electric lighting was installed in 1925. The red Store across Whyte Street was founded by Thos Westwood in 1894 and sold to M H Walker in 1899. The next owner was Thomas Rimmer who was also a builder. It was burnt down in one of the many fires of 1912. Continued on next topic: A walk through historic Foxton - Part 2 - Click here to read

Block, Hat

2010-03-13T08:30:56.900Z

This hat block was used by Colin Neighbours' mother during the 1940s and 1950s when his family lived in Upper Hutt. She was a seamstress who used to supplement the family income by making hats. During the war years his mother's main job was repairing women's silk stockings.An electric hat block made of aluminium. The block is mounted on a heat resistant material which has been screwed to a wooden base.

Compressor, Air

2010-03-13T08:30:53.389Z

This air compressor was first used by New Plymouth dentist Cliff Johnson who had a practice in the Devon Buildings on the corner of Liardet and Devon Streets. It is thought the compressor was purchased in 1926. Some years later this compressor was given to Mick Pillette, a dental technician who operated out of the same building.A dentist's electric air compressor unit complete with a tubular cover. The compressor is designed to sit upright and has a belt attached to three pulleys on the left facing side of the unit. Two manufacturer's name plates listing the manufacturer, oiling instructions and specifications of the motor are screwed to the unit. "RDMCO" are written in interlocking letters on one side of the compressor. "AUTOMATIC SWITCH/BRITISH PATENT/16130 of 1914" is written around this. A small, rectangular piece of cracked rubber with a hole at the centre sits on top of the cover. An air outlet valve is positioned on the right facing side of the base and a power cord is attached to the left facing side of the compressor.

Computer

2010-03-13T08:30:49.399Z

A Commodore PC40 III model desktop computer with a printer, monitor, manuals and software. The central processing unit features two disc drives. " Commodore 286-12 " is written on the front along with the company logo. It has a number of ports at the reverse of the unit. " Commodore " is written on the bottom left corner of the monitor. The reverse of the monitor features manufacturing details. The printer has a main control panel on the front right facing corner and a power switch on the bottom left facing corner. " MULTI-FONT / star / NX1000 " is written on the front. The printer also has a detachable paper feed tray. The keyboard has a standard Qwerty configuration and includes a number pad. " Commodore " is written in white on the top right facing corner of the keyboard. The computer has a two button mouse. There are separate electrical cords for the monitor and the central processing unit and a set of manuals and utilities discs are encased in a plastic. There is a separate manual for the printer. A large boxed manual for the WordPerfect program and a panel featuring WordPerfect instructions is also included.Kelvin Day purchased this computer in 1991 from Dick Smith Electronics in Porirua. He used it as his home computer until about 1997.

Jug

2010-03-13T08:30:46.259Z

A green mottled electric earthenware jug with a bakelite lid and no cord." NEECO / TEMUKA " is printed in black ink on the base of the jug. The first line is encased in a circle with koru-like motifs curling in from the inner edge.

Polisher, Floor

2010-03-13T08:30:43.339Z

The polisher was used by Pat Greig (nee Guinness) who was the wife of the late Dr Charlton Morpeth Greig. The polisher was used to clean the doctor's surgery attached to their house at 71 Rata Street, Inglewood.A small electrical floor polisher. The polisher has a heavy brown swivel head with a brown rubber lining around the edge. The head contains two circular polishing brushes. "technico" is written on a white panel on the head. The head is attached to a metal shaft with a brown plastic handle at the top. An on/off switch is located near the handle. A black electrical cord is looped around two plastic mounts on the shaft. "MADE IN AUSTRALIA BY TECHNICO LTD MARRICKVILLE N.S.W/UNIVERSAL AC/DC MOTOR/ MODEL No. 339a SERIAL No. 45?1? Volts 230/250 AMPS 1. 50/OD1948G" is written on a black metal panel attached to the reverse of the head.

Plaque

2010-03-13T08:30:42.829Z

A flick of a switch sparked great fanfare in 1906 when New Plymouth was bathed in electric light for the first time. Civic leaders turned out in force on 19 January to witness streetlights powered by the Mangorei power scheme in action. There was much speechmaking and celebrating before the Mayoress, Alice Cock, threw the switch to light up the town. The Taranaki Herald reporter was impressed with the result. "The streets were at once brightly illuminated, the final act being signalised (sic) by hearty cheering from the assemblage." Forty one households and business were connected up to the scheme in its first year and by 1912 there were 230 consumers hooked up. Until state supplied power was connected in 1935 the power station, by the Waiwhakaiho River near Burgess Park, supplied all of the town's electricity. The much altered power station is still operational today. The plaque was hung on the wall of a beach house in Whitianga for about 30 years before it was donated to Puke Ariki by the Fairbrother family in 2006.A wooden plaque shaped like a shield with a brass light switch mounted on it. "Presented by the/MAYORESS OF NEW PLYMOUTH/ON THE OCCASION OF THE/ INAUGURATION OF THE ELECTRIC LIGHTING/OF THE TOWN Jan 1906/By the Brush Electrical Engineering Co Ltd" is inscribed on a metal plate which is screwed onto the plaque. Two metal rings are attached to the reverse with a strand of white cord tied to them.

Brownlee oks 'dumb' smart meters

2010-03-13T08:30:17.949Z

Mr Brownlee said he is going with the Electricity Commission's decision not to recommend extensive regulation of smart meters.

Te Ika Whenua Energy Assets Report 1993

2010-03-13T08:25:44.246Z

Te Runanganui o Te Ika Whenua alleged that the Crown had been remiss in protecting their rights of tino rangatiratanga under article 2 of the Treaty by permitting the Bay of Plenty Electric Power Board and the Rotorua Area Electricity Authority to erect the Aniwhenua and Wheao Dams on the Rangitaiki and Wheao Rivers. The claim was severed from Te Ika Whenua’s original claim and accorded urgency by the Tribunal.

Ngawha Geothermal Resource Report 1993

2010-03-13T08:25:43.035Z

This report concerns a claim about the proposed use of the Ngawha hot springs for electricity generation.

Shihad

2010-03-13T08:25:11.426Z

Alternative video for 'The general electric' from the 1999 album of the same name. What’s in a name? Breaking into the lucrative United States market is seen as the key to commercial success for many musicians. It’s a tough nut to crack, but after the success of their fourth album, The general elec..

Today in History

2010-03-13T08:24:35.817Z

For those New Zealanders who are old enough to have experienced it, the visit of the young Queen and her dashing husband, Prince Philip, in the summer of 1953-4 is a never-to-be forgotten event. Some still regard the Royal Tour as New Zealand 's greatest public occasion. Thousands greeted the first..

Today in History

2010-03-13T08:24:34.787Z

The distance between Dunedin and Paris may seem far, but even in the 19th century ideas and technology travelled fast. On 31 March 1889 Gustave Eiffel's famous tower was officially completed in Paris, France. At 300 metres high (plus a 24-m flag pole), it was the centrepiece of the 1889 Paris Unive..

Today in History

2010-03-13T08:24:34.656Z

The Finance Act (No. 3) abolishes the poll tax, introduced in 1881, which is described by Minister of Finance Walter Nash as a 'blot on our legislation'. A public meeting held in Dunedin in 1871 had called unanimously for a ban on further Chinese migrants. As work on the goldfields became harder to..

Today in History

2010-03-13T08:24:34.376Z

Fire was the scourge of colonial towns and cities. Old, tinder-dry wooden buildings and books were a highly combustible combination, and many private and public library collections went up in flames. One of New Zealand's greatest library disasters was narrowly averted in 1907, when fire swept throu..

Today in History

2010-03-13T08:24:32.957Z

More than 170 years of New Zealand whaling history came to a close when J. A. Perano and Company caught its last whale off the coast near Kaikoura. Dunedin-born Joe Perano had started whaling out of Tory Channel in the Marlborough Sounds in 1911, beginning a 53-year family business. He was credited..

Today in History

2010-03-13T08:24:31.407Z

At a meeting in the BMA Rooms, The Terrace, Wellington, an interim committee for the Intellectually Handicapped Children's Parents' Association (IHCPA) - the forerunner to IHC was formed. . The driving force behind the establishment of this new association were Harold (Hal) and Margaret Anyon of Kh..

Today in History

2010-03-13T08:24:15.457Z

The Governor, the Marquess of Normanby, formally opened the new service, which was reportedly the first to operate in the Southern Hemisphere. The steam trams proved unpopular, though, and were later replaced by horses. The Wellington Tramway Company had begun operating three days earlier, on 21 Au..

Today in History

2010-03-13T08:23:58.427Z

On 2 July 1938 the electrified rail line between central Wellington and the northern suburb of Johnsonville was officially opened by Minister of Railways Dan Sullivan and Wellington Mayor Thomas Hislop. This steep, winding line had been built by the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company in 1886 an..

Baring Head Lighthouse under construction

2010-03-13T08:23:23.458Z

View of Baring Head Lighthouse under construction in March 1934. This replaced the Pencarrow light and became operational in 1935. It was the first lighthouse in New Zealand to use electricity to power its light and was automated in 1989.

Today in History

2010-03-13T08:23:13.998Z

Tram #252, displaying the message 'end of the line' and with Mayor Frank Kitts in the driver's seat, travelled from Thorndon to the Zoo in Newtown, Wellington. Large crowds lined the streets to witness the end of electric trams in New Zealand. In August 1878 Wellington became the first city in the ..

Ernest Rutherford stamp

2010-03-13T08:22:57.818Z

Ernest Rutherford , one of the world's greatest scientists, features in The A to Z of New Zealand stamp series produced by New Zealand Post in 2008. His biographer, John Campbell, claims Rutherford 'is to the atom what Darwin is to evolution, Newton to mechanics, Faraday to electricity and Einstein ...

New Zealand in 1907 - Dominion status

2010-03-13T08:22:52.909Z

Just under a million people lived in New Zealand in 1907, but cities such as Auckland and Wellington were growing rapidly. Suburbs were expanding, and electric trams, motor cars and cinemas were multiplying. Distinctive cultural and intellectual traditions were developing. Locally composed classical...

The long term development of New Zealand's electricity supply industry

2010-03-13T08:11:23.083Z

Abstract not available.

Alternative approaches to regulation: an economic analysis of light-handed regulation

2010-03-13T08:10:50.833Z

Industries such as telecommunications, gas, electricity, water, rail and airports have traditionally been either publicly owned or closely regulated by an independent agency. This paper from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Regulatory Conference looks a third option, 'light-handed regulation', which has been tested in New Zealand and Australia since the early 1990s.

The New Zealand Electricity industry : strategy in action case 13.3

2010-03-13T08:10:26.984Z

Opening the Johnsonville electric train service

2010-03-13T08:05:47.279Z

This invitation to the opening ceremony of the Johnsonville electric multiple unit service in July 1938 was another example of the publicity material produced by the Railways Studios . The electrified rail line between central Wellington and the northern suburb of Johnsonville was officially opened ...

Electricity Industry Bill 2009: Bills Digest No 1733

2010-03-13T08:04:42.990Z

A long-term look at the development and reform of New Zealand's electricity supply industry

2010-03-13T08:04:24.251Z

Abstract not available.

Early electronic counting machine

2010-03-13T08:03:55.281Z

The Census and Statistics Office's Powers electric counting machine tabulated the results of the 1921 census by processing perforated cards. Little had changed in this process 40 years later

The post-war family - children and adolescents, 1930-60

2010-03-13T08:02:45.913Z

As a consequence of the post-war economic boom there was increasing demand for consumer goods. The 1956 census revealed that more than half of New Zealand homes possessed washing machines, refrigerators and electric ovens. For those families who could afford these time- and labour-saving luxuries, s...

Electric blue

2010-03-13T08:02:36.233Z

No filter, no HDR, nothing except some PP in photoshop (levels, sat and sharpening, re-size). View On Black

Karori Wildlife Sanctuary

2010-03-13T08:01:14.165Z

Lower dam at park's entrance. Complete with electric boat.

Landmark House (Auckland Electric Power Board Building), 187-189 Queen Street, Auckland, NZ

2010-03-13T08:01:03.875Z

Construction date: 1930 - Architects: Wade and Bartley - Architectural style: Art Deco. Landmark House is one of Queen Street's most distinctive buildings, and was built as the headquarters of the Auckland Electricity Power Board (AEPB) in 1930. An eight-storey Art Deco tower with a corner turret, the building was effectively an advert for the AEPB, which was a public body and the sole provider of electricity in the isthmus. Electricity had recently superseded gas and coal as a major source of power, and the AEPB celebrated the dawning of a new era by opening this building on the same day as the hydro-electric dam constructed by the Public Works Department at Arapuni in the southern Waikato.... Information sourced from the New Zealand Historic Places Trust Register: (No 4470) Landmark House

Tepid Baths - The 'Teps', 86-102 Customs Street West, Auckland, NZ

2010-03-13T08:01:03.405Z

Construction date: 1914. Opened in 1914, the ‘Teps’ are among New Zealand’s oldest heated swimming pools. They were built by the Auckland City Council on reclaimed land leased from the Auckland Harbour Board. They were originally salt water baths with separate pools for men and women. The condensers of the Auckland Electric Tramways Company’s powerhouse on Lower Hobson Street (next stop) initially heated water which was then gravity-fed down the hill to reach the pools. The pools’ popularity declined when the power station closed in 1924 and the waters went cold, but heat was thankfully restored in 1925. It took until 1986, when the baths were refurbished, for them to be de-segregated. The council bought the freehold in 1998 for the use of all Aucklanders and recent restoration has included the re-activation of the opening roof panels. Information sourced from the excellent booklet, "Heritage Walks - The Engineering Heritage of Auckland" produced by Tourism Auckland.

Norfolk House, Cnr Vulcan Lane and High Street, Auckland, NZ

2010-03-13T08:00:16.316Z

Construction date: 1912. Completed in early 1912 it was designed to contain fifty offices. The Auckland Star noted at the time that, 'it would be lit throughout with electricity, and there will be and electric lift'. Designed in stripped classical style, the building takes advantage of its corner location with a curved facade and arched windows above its main entrance.

Norfolk House, Cnr Vulcan Lane and High Street, Auckland, NZ

2010-03-13T07:55:39.336Z

Performance of a building integrated photovoltaic/thermal (BIPVT) solar collector

2010-03-13T07:54:31.903Z

The idea of combining photovoltaic and solar thermal collectors (PVT collectors) to provide electrical and heat energy is an area that has, until recently, received only limited attention. Although PVTs are not as prevalent as solar thermal systems, the integration of photovoltaic and solar thermal collectors into the walls or roofing structure of a building could provide greater opportunity for the use of renewable solar energy technologies. In this study, the design of a novel building integrated photovoltaic/thermal (BIPVT) solar collector was theoretically analysed through the use of a modified Hottel–Whillier model and was validated with experimental data from testing on a prototype BIPVT collector. The results showed that key design parameters such as the fin efficiency, the thermal conductivity between the PV cells and their supporting structure, and the lamination method had a significant influence on both the electrical and thermal efficiency of the BIPVT. Furthermore, it was shown that the BIPVT could be made of lower cost materials, such as pre-coated colour steel, without significant decreases in efficiency. Finally, it was shown that by integrating the BIPVT into the building rather than onto the building could result in a lower cost system. This was illustrated by the finding that insulating the rear of the BIPVT may be unnecessary when it is integrated into a roof above an enclosed air filled attic, as this air space acts as a passive insulating barrier.This is an author’s accepted version of an article published in the journal: Solar Energy. ©2009 Elsevier.

Modelling and testing of long range battery electric vehicle performance

2010-03-13T07:54:31.833Z

This article has been presented at 3rd International Solar Energy Society Conference - Asia Pacific Region incorporating the 46th Australia New Zealand Solar Energy Society Conference. Sydney, Australia; 25-28 November, 2008. Used with permission.There are two significant issues facing road transport in the medium to long term: the depletion of cheap oil reserves and the need to reduce carbon emissions. A long term solution for passenger cars could be the introduction of battery electric vehicles (BEVs). However, one of the main problems ass...

Improved electrical efficiency by active cooling of building integrated photovoltaic panels

2010-03-13T07:54:31.714Z

This article has been published in Proceedings of the Fourteenth Electronics New Zealand Conference. Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand; 12-13 November, 2007.The electrical efficiency of photovoltaic devices can be directly related to the temperature of the photovoltaic cells. The ability to actively cool building integrated photovoltaic solar panels allows their electrical efficiency to be maintained during periods of high solar radiation. Furthermore, ...

Experimental performance of water cooled building integrated photovoltaic/thermal solar collectors

2010-03-13T07:54:31.643Z

This article has been presented at 3rd International Solar Energy Society Conference - Asia Pacific Region incorporating the 46th Australian New Zealand Solar Energy Society Conference. Sydney, Australia; 25-28 November, 2008. Used with Permission.The idea of integrating water cooled photovoltaic/thermal collectors into building structures (BIPVT collectors) to provide electrical and heat energy is an area that has received only limited attention. BIPVT collectors are particularly attractive, as the integration of a single photovoltaic and th...

Analysis of a photovoltaic/thermal solar collector for building integration

2010-03-13T07:54:31.573Z

The idea of combining photovoltaic and solar thermal collectors (PVT collectors) to provide electrical and heat energy is not new, however it is an area that has received only limited attention. With concern growing over energy sources and their usage, PVTs have become a focus point of interest in t...This article has been presented at SB07 NZ Conference - Transforming our built environment. Auckland, New Zealand; 14-16 November, 2007.

The potential for battery electric vehicles in New Zealand

2010-03-13T07:54:30.763Z

This article has been presented at the conference: Energy, Transport and Sustainability Symposium, June 26-27 2008, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.Several challenges are facing personal transport in New Zealand; the need to reduce carbon emissions, the depletion of cheap oil reserves, increasing congestion, localised pollution and the need for long term sustainability. One possible solution to replace petrol/diesel cars could be the mass deplo...

Model locomotive [diesel-electric]

2010-03-13T07:54:29.743Z

This model was built for the Publicity Department of New Zealand Railways by Paul Berntsen to promote the new DF class locomotive, which entered service between 1979 and 1981. In 1993, just before it was privatised, New Zealand Rail Ltd gifted its collection of heritage models to Te Papa. DF class locomotives DF class locomotives were designed and built in Canada by General Motors as freight locomotives. Their six traction motors transmitted plenty of power, (1649.5h...

Iron

2010-03-13T07:54:19.703Z

An HMV brand electric iron with a triangular hot plate. It has a yellow enamelled body and a moulded black bakelite top and handle. A dial beneath the handle has yellow-painted heat settings. A stand for sitting the iron on is vertically screwed to the rear of the handle. To the side and rear of the handle is attached a red and green electrical cord. There is also a light bulb at the base of the handle, adjacent to the cord attachment. Around the 3-pin plug end of the cord is a r ubber insulator. The iron's specifications are at the base of the hot plate.

Model locomotive

2010-03-13T07:54:19.003Z

Te Papa's collection of model locomotives and rolling stock is largely the work of craftsman and railway enthusiast Frank Roberts (1882-1963). Born in 1882, Roberts spent seventeen years as a cleaner, fireman, and driver for the Railways Department. He and his brother Jack then became partners in an electrical firm, although much of Roberts' time was spent developing a garden railway at his home in Epsom, Auckland. An accurate record Roberts built 1:24 scal...

Caravan

2010-03-13T07:54:16.283Z

The caravan has long been synonymous with New Zealand summer holidays. This caravan was made by Richard Reichenbach, an electrical engineer from the Manawatu, for his honeymoon in 1937. This example is one of the oldest in the country, and is a gem of do-it-yourself ingenuity. Design The caravan sits on a steel frame and was towed with a bar and spring, devised to allow for movement on the road. It could be parked at right angles and cranked down on to feet for stabi...

Model steam locomotive

2010-03-13T07:54:16.083Z

Model steam locomotive

2010-03-13T07:54:15.883Z

Insulation cup

2010-03-13T07:53:21.075Z

Electric Jug

2010-03-13T07:52:16.006Z

Mottled blue glazed ceramic jug. Bulbous segmented body, narrowing at shoulder and flaring at spouted rim. Handle on one side beneath black bakelite electric cord attachment which is moulded in one piece with the lid. Hinged at point of electric attachment. 'NEECO' brand on lid. Inside, wires suspend exposed electric wire wound around ceramic 'insulator'. Specifications stamped on base.

Electric Iron "Moderne"

2010-03-13T07:52:15.945Z

Neeco [ National Electric and Engineering Company Ltd] brand electric iron, 'Moderne' style. Made under licence from General Electric Co., USA. Triangular, flat metal plate base. Triangular chromed metal body with rectangular extension at rear, overall styling is very "aero-dynamic" or streamlined. Manufacturers specifications and control knob on a central shield. Arching black plastic or bakelite handle attached to apex of iron and on rectangular extension. Red and green textile covered electric cord attached to handle at rectangular extension end. Three-pronged power plug has broken casing.

Model steam locomotive and tender

2010-03-13T07:52:07.116Z

Model steam locomotive

2010-03-13T07:52:06.976Z

Model 'R' class steam locomotive.

2010-03-13T07:52:06.776Z

Model steam locomotive

2010-03-13T07:52:06.716Z

Model steam locomotive

2010-03-13T07:52:05.276Z

Mixmaster Food Processor

2010-03-13T07:51:56.656Z

White metal electronic mixing machine mounted parallel to black plastic base. Base grooved, with rotating platform to accept the two different sized opaque glass mixing bowls (large and small). Two detachable metal whick-like mixing blades inserted into machine. Different mixing settings numbered on black rounded end to mixer. Detaching switch on underside of mixer at the top of its mount. Black electric cord protrudes from end of mixer. Machine angle adjustable. Mixer machine detachable from mount.

Model railway carriage

2010-03-13T07:50:54.657Z

Model [ 1:24 scale] , New Zealand Railways 'D' class trailer coach for an electric multiple unit train. Painted scarlet with a gold roof. Name MELLING in panel on sides. Figures of passengers inside.

Model railway motor unit

2010-03-13T07:50:54.597Z

Model [1:24 scale], New Zealand Railways 'DM' class electric motor unit, "Melling", metal, painted scarlet and gold.

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme : 36th and 37th visits - 1924

2010-03-13T07:43:58.496Z

View of powerhouse - taken from hillside, pipelines in foreground

Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme

2010-03-13T07:43:57.856Z

Construction site - work on the bridge

Melrose

2010-03-13T07:43:57.666Z

View from Melrose looking over Lyall Bay.

Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme : 1923

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Powerhouse construction

Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme : 1923

2010-03-13T07:43:54.715Z

Detailed view of piping

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme : 1924

2010-03-13T07:43:53.926Z

Powerhouse - view of men working on the roof

Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme, 1920-1921 : 5th, 6th and 7th visits

2010-03-13T07:43:53.866Z

Lower Mangahao Dam site number 2 - view down jigline (early development)

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme - 37th and 38th visits : 1924

2010-03-13T07:43:53.156Z

View of lake - surrounding hillside littered with bare trees

Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme : 1923

2010-03-13T07:43:52.686Z

Surge Tank construction - concreting in progress. Note bucket and chute

Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme

2010-03-13T07:43:52.126Z

View of houses beneath bridge and construction site

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme : 1924

2010-03-13T07:43:50.566Z

View of powerhouse - foundations nearly finished

Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme, 1920-1921 : 5th, 6th and 7th visits

2010-03-13T07:43:48.286Z

Lower Mangahao Dam site (early develeopment) - looking downstream

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme - 37th and 38th visits : 1924

2010-03-13T07:43:47.286Z

Man (standing on rocks) looking at water in the river

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme : 1922-1923

2010-03-13T07:43:43.446Z

Lower Mangahao Dam Site - Bypass tunnel entrance and crib dam

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme : 1929

2010-03-13T07:43:42.086Z

Construction work (on the rocks) - men working, tracks visible

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme : 1924

2010-03-13T07:43:40.916Z

Bridge construction - hillside in background, cables visible

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme - 37th and 38th visits : 1924

2010-03-13T07:43:40.046Z

View looking down at of dam (from side)

The Mangahao Hydro-Electric Works territory from Pukemoremore. Mangahao River just shows on right

2010-03-13T07:43:39.726Z

View of series of mountain ranges

Manghao Hydro-Electric Scheme - 1923

2010-03-13T07:43:39.306Z

Mangahao powerstation - Surge tank : excavation showing for clean finish

Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme - 41st and 42nd visits : 1924-1925

2010-03-13T07:43:38.866Z

View of dam site (dam completed) - buildings, surrounding hillside and large body of water all visible

Lodge, Brighton, Christchurch

2010-03-13T07:43:37.688Z

View looking onto a lodge building that is partially cast in shadow, a sign with the words "Hall to Let" is visible on the exterior wall featured here.

Christchurch (Continental Judo Club)

2010-03-13T07:43:37.548Z

Lodge, Tawera, Oxford

2010-03-13T07:43:36.823Z

View of lodge building that is seen in picturesque South Island countryside surroundings.

Beeville, Texas; 14 October 1988. From the series: The teachings of the Ancients

2010-03-13T07:43:36.697Z

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme : 36th and 37th visits - 1924

2010-03-13T07:43:33.036Z

View of construction site, huts and other structures

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme - 37th and 38th visits : 1924

2010-03-13T07:43:32.486Z

Detail of 3 men (2 together, the other in the foreground) on upper level of dam construction

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme - 41st and 42nd visits : 1924-1925

2010-03-13T07:43:32.426Z

People looking into water from on top of dam - hillside covered with tree stumps in background

Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme, 1922 : 11th, 12th, 13th, 15th and 16th visits

2010-03-13T07:43:32.026Z

Mangahao powerstation - Aggregate for Tokomaru Dam number 3

Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme - 41st and 42nd visits : 1924-1925

2010-03-13T07:43:31.576Z

View of fork in river - power lines visible, as is the tree covered hillside surrounding the water

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme - 39th and 40th visits : 1924-1925

2010-03-13T07:43:30.646Z

Machinery (located by wall) in powerhouse

Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme - 41st and 42nd visits : 1924-1925

2010-03-13T07:43:29.873Z

Men looking at dam from the water's edge - men viewed from the back are in foreground, dam is in the background as are a range of hills

Land of memories: Old Titoki Tree, Tuamarina ('growing here on June 17th 1843')

2010-03-13T07:43:29.036Z

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme : 1923-1924

2010-03-13T07:43:28.106Z

Surge tank - concrete construction

Powerhouse construction site

2010-03-13T07:43:27.236Z

Adkin's desciption from album GH004327 : Figure 181 The Hydro-Electric Powerhouse built up to the level of the "travelling-crane floor". The elevator mast with "skip" and shute discharging concrete is seen on right. Pipe line under construction in background on left 24.8.23.

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme : 1924

2010-03-13T07:43:27.056Z

View (from side) of houses on construction site

Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme - 41st and 42nd visits : 1924-1925

2010-03-13T07:43:26.297Z

View of the dam and hills nearby - houses visible, bridge in foreground

Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme, 1922 : 11th, 12th, 13th, 15th and 16th visits

2010-03-13T07:43:25.726Z

Mangahao powerstation - Lower Mangahao Dam, Right bank : start of excavation for corewall. Progress at Mangahao (Number 4) - The excavations for the big dam at No. 1 Gorge on the Mangahao River as viewed from the high-level terrace on the right bank.

Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme, 1921 : 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th visits

2010-03-13T07:43:25.526Z

Mangahao powerstation - village development with penstock formation under construction in background

Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme, 1921 : 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th visits

2010-03-13T07:43:25.136Z

Mangahao powerstation - Number 2 tunnel, entrance/exit with men and boys working by tunnel

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme : 36th and 37th visits - 1924

2010-03-13T07:43:25.016Z

View of powerstation machinery

Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme, 1921 : 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th visits

2010-03-13T07:43:24.956Z

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme : Tokomaru village

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme - 39th and 40th visits : 1924-1925

2010-03-13T07:43:24.486Z

View of machinery in powerhouse - possibly powerhouse control room

Pipeline construction - view from above

2010-03-13T07:43:24.286Z

Adkin's description from album GH004327 : Figure 176 Pipeline construction. Fitting the pipes together by means of "jacks" and powerful screw tackle prior to rivetting. Anchor Block No 1 and Hydro-electric Powerhouse at bottom of slope on right 24.8.23.

Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme - 41st and 42nd visits : 1924-1925

2010-03-13T07:43:23.087Z

View of the top of the completed dam - boy standing in foreground on the dam

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme - 37th and 38th visits : 1924

2010-03-13T07:43:21.837Z

View of men working on upper level of dam (construction site)

Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme, 1920-1921 : 5th, 6th and 7th visits

2010-03-13T07:43:21.766Z

Lower Mangahao Dam site - view up jigline (only access during construction)

General view of the Hydro-electric Powerhouse and camps, with dump of steel pipes for the pip line 24.8.23 Figure 173

2010-03-13T07:43:20.846Z

View from above of powerhouse under construction with smaller buildings behind

Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme : 1923

2010-03-13T07:43:20.007Z

Number 2 Dam - concreting at the lower levels

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme - 39th and 40th visits : 1924-1925

2010-03-13T07:43:19.926Z

Group of men on steps outside powerhouse

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme : 1923-1924

2010-03-13T07:43:19.867Z

Penstock bifurcating

Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme, 1922 : 11th, 12th, 13th, 15th and 16th visits

2010-03-13T07:43:19.026Z

Mangahao powerstation - Access Road powerhouse to Tokomaru Dam - truck negotiating hairpin bend

New Zealand Recreation:

2010-03-13T07:43:08.667Z

View of men examining fruit (?) at an indoor market/auction

New Zealand Historic Buildings: Otago

2010-03-13T07:43:07.687Z

View of a large stone building - The Commercial Hotel - with a Speights sign

New Zealand Recreation: Auckland Agricultural Show

2010-03-13T07:42:28.907Z

View of a man chopping wood during a woodchopping competition. He is balanced on a platform at the top of a tall upright log.

New Zealand Recreation: Models

2010-03-13T07:42:28.037Z

View of a two men in a room making plaster models ?

Japan Series: Shinjuku Night Signs

2010-03-13T07:42:16.787Z

Vance Vivians, 1930

2010-03-13T07:42:04.668Z

William Main neg. no. 68090

Electric tree, Apt.

2010-03-13T07:41:38.058Z

A leafless old tree with strings of 'fairy lights' wrapped around its branches, viewed at night with the lights lit. A car is parked next to the tree and is illuminated by the 'fairy lights'.One of a series of twenty black and white photographs executed between 1974 and 1978 in France and in England.

General Motors Assembly Plant, Petone

2010-03-13T07:40:45.640Z

Sweeping view of the exterior down to the fenceline.

Electric heater: Publicity photograph for Turnbull and Jones Limited

2010-03-13T07:40:44.469Z

Early electric heater.

A study in random

2010-03-13T07:40:40.569Z

Electrical connectors.

Party in pipeline

2010-03-13T07:34:02.798Z

Adkin's description from album GH004327 : Figure 164 The Hydro-electric Powerhouse at Mangaore in course of construction showing pipes of the Pipeline being placed in position 20.5.23. Mr and Mrs WH Walker of Levin standing on right

Mangahao - Wellington City transmission line : 1925

2010-03-13T07:34:00.068Z

Group of men from the project

Workers on Mangahao hydro-electric scheme

2010-03-13T07:33:59.158Z

Four men from the project - one is wearing a full diving suit.

Building under construction for WG Adkin - 1924

2010-03-13T07:33:58.908Z

Foundations for Central Building in Levin : Corner of Queen Street and Bath Street

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme

2010-03-13T07:33:58.548Z

Four men from the project - one man wearing a diving suit, helmet held by another man

During construction of Mangahao hydro-electric scheme

2010-03-13T07:33:56.798Z

Four men from the project - one is wearing a full diving suit.

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme : 36th and 37th visits - 1924

2010-03-13T07:33:55.468Z

View of surge tank - tracks visible all around side of it

Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme

2010-03-13T07:33:55.348Z

Men working on pipes inside powerhouse

Mangahao - Wellington City transmission line : 1925

2010-03-13T07:33:55.288Z

Winching equipment into place (on power pole) - 1 man on the pole, 1 on the ground

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme : 1924

2010-03-13T07:33:54.498Z

Detail of pipelines

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme - 39th and 40th visits : 1924-1925

2010-03-13T07:33:54.248Z

View of land encompassing the powerhouse (on left), length of pipeline (on right) and settlement/houses (in background)

No 1 Gorge - construction

2010-03-13T07:33:53.928Z

Adkin's description from album GH004327:- Figure 136 No 1 Gorge on the Mangahao River and the high-level terrace above showing deep trench (75ft deep at date) for foundations of big dam. Tower-like building with electric hauler in top storey and cement store below, and bins of sand and rubble in background; concrete mixer in centre of view; and the foundations of the upstream buttressing wall in course of construction on crest of rock-rib 18.2.23

Horowhenua Geological and Tararua Range

2010-03-13T07:33:53.358Z

Panorama of Waitohu Valley and Thompson trig station

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme : 1924

2010-03-13T07:33:52.708Z

Houses at the construction site

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme : 1923-1924

2010-03-13T07:33:51.988Z

Mangahao powerstaion - Tokomaru Dam construction at lower levels. Note picking of vertical surfaces to help bonding of succeeding pours

Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme, 1921 : 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th visits

2010-03-13T07:33:50.908Z

Mangahao powerstation - tunnel entrance (number unknown) with man on edge of tunnel

Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme, 1920-1921 : 5th, 6th and 7th visits

2010-03-13T07:33:50.838Z

View of house on hill

Mangahao - Wellington City transmission line :

2010-03-13T07:33:50.368Z

2 men on top of a power pole - man of left is attempting a handstand (or is balancing on his head). Cover of catalogue "Headlands - Thinking through New Zealand Art". Title given as Queen Street, Levin, New Zealand circa 1925 : same image as in B.023155, but from a different angle

Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme, 1922 : 11th, 12th, 13th, 15th and 16th visits

2010-03-13T07:33:49.828Z

Mangahao powerstation - Lower Mangahao Dam (early site development on right bank)

Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme, 1921 : 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th visits

2010-03-13T07:33:49.638Z

Mangahao powerstation - village site looking towards pipeline route

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme - 37th and 38th visits : 1924

2010-03-13T07:33:49.418Z

Automobiles travelling towards construction site

Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme, 1922 : 11th, 12th, 13th, 15th and 16th visits

2010-03-13T07:33:48.738Z

Mangahao powerstation : Lower Mangahao Dam - Access Bridge

Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme : 1923

2010-03-13T07:33:48.538Z

View of interior of building in progress (at scheme) - man with wheelbarrow visible. Lower floor of Powerhouse showing reinforced concrete pillars and general massive structure of the building.

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme : 1924

2010-03-13T07:33:48.408Z

Working on surge tank

Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme - 41st and 42nd visits : 1924-1925

2010-03-13T07:33:47.639Z

3 men standing on people covered area (next to dam) - trees visible behind men, water on men's right

Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme, 1921 : 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th visits

2010-03-13T07:33:47.288Z

Mangahao powerstation - Lower Mangahao Dam site below - view from top of jigline

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme - 39th and 40th visits : 1924-1925

2010-03-13T07:33:47.218Z

View of people at ceremony (relating to powerhouse) : 2 groups of people - the guests (elevated) and the public (on ground level)

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme : 1929

2010-03-13T07:33:46.948Z

View of land - houses, tracks and (mainly) the hillside all visible

Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme

2010-03-13T07:33:46.058Z

View of dam - construction site on right, tree (and hillside) on left

Water pipes during construction

2010-03-13T07:33:45.718Z

Adkin's description :- Figure 130 Interior of Hydro-electric Powerhouse at Mangaore showing water-pipes in position ready to be set in heavily reinforced concrete blocks at points of greatest strain 28.1.23.

Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme : 1923

2010-03-13T07:33:45.638Z

Tokomaru Number 2 dam - concreting left abutment

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme - 41st and 42nd visits : 1924-1925

2010-03-13T07:33:45.578Z

View of hillside (which is covered in trees) , mountain in background

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme - 39th and 40th visits : 1924-1925

2010-03-13T07:33:44.668Z

View from hillside of powerhouse - foreground covered by plants, ferns and trees, another hill in background

Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme, 1920-1921 : 5th, 6th and 7th visits

2010-03-13T07:33:44.608Z

Mangahao powerstation : Lower Mangahao Dam site - looking downstream

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme - 39th and 40th visits : 1924-1925

2010-03-13T07:33:44.528Z

Group of people standing inside the powerhouse

Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme, 1922 : 11th, 12th, 13th, 15th and 16th visits

2010-03-13T07:33:43.219Z

Mangahao powerstation - powerhouse

Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme, 1920-1921 : 5th, 6th and 7th visits

2010-03-13T07:33:42.358Z

Mangahao powerstation : Lower Mangahao Dam site - view up jigline

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme : 1929

2010-03-13T07:33:41.630Z

View of construction site (man looking on) - crane visible, as is a bridge near apex of dam

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme : 1923-1924

2010-03-13T07:33:41.248Z

Lower Managhao Dam - (group of men) clean up in the riverbed

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme : 1923-1924

2010-03-13T07:33:38.548Z

Mangahao powerstation - Tokomaru Number 3, concreting started view towards right abutment. Piles of stones on the bays are for plums in concrete and for placing in top of pours as shear keys - see far bay

Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme : 1923

2010-03-13T07:33:38.229Z

General view of penstock construction

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme - 37th and 38th visits : 1924

2010-03-13T07:33:37.798Z

View of construction site - wood (stacked and unstacked) everywhere

Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme

2010-03-13T07:33:37.419Z

View of Mangahao powerhouse - powerhouse at foot of hillside

Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme : 1923

2010-03-13T07:33:36.778Z

The Powerhouse showing concreted channel of the Mangaore Stream into which the used water will be discharged. The building is 210 feet long by 84 feet wide.

Powerhouse - reinforcing floor

2010-03-13T07:33:36.198Z

Adkin's description from album GH004327:- Figure 162 A further stage in the erection of the Hydro-electric Powerhouse at Mangaore - men fxing in position the intricate steel-bar reinforcing for the "Transformer" room 1.5.23.

Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme, 1920-1921 : 5th, 6th and 7th visits

2010-03-13T07:33:36.078Z

Mangahao powerstation : Sinking test pits - Number 2 Dam site

Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme : 1923

2010-03-13T07:33:35.019Z

Tokomaru Dam Number 3. Note : No picking of vertical faces at this date

Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme : 1923

2010-03-13T07:33:34.608Z

Mangahao powerstation - Tokomaru Dam Number 3 : Foundations on left abutment and end of corewall excavation

Water pipes

2010-03-13T07:33:33.278Z

Adkin's description from album GH004327:- Figure 163 Compartment at south end of the Hydro-electric Powerhouse showing the water-pipes leading to the turbines ready to be linked up with the pipes of the Pipeline. The pipes shown are of cast iron one inch thick, and 3ft in diameter with thick flanges closely bolted at the junctions 1.5.23. Man in centre

Living and working at Arapeti - general view

2010-03-13T07:33:33.088Z

Adkin's description :- Figure 146 General view of Arapeti showing progress of the works in this locality : Dump of clean rubble and aerial tramlines leading to top of rock crushing plant on right; excavation for Tokomaru Dam, dumps of waste debris, and single men's cottages in centre; cement stores, dump of boulders, and aerial tramline with electric hauler for bringing crushed rock from crusher to the concrete mixer on left 1.5.23.

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme : 1923-1924

2010-03-13T07:33:32.108Z

Mangahao powerstation - Lower Mangahao Number 2 Dam : dewatering pump arrangement for rapid skid raising above floods

Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme, 1921 : 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th visits

2010-03-13T07:33:31.508Z

Mangahao powerstation - Lower Mangahao Dam site (early development), view from over the river

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme - 39th and 40th visits : 1924-1925

2010-03-13T07:33:30.608Z

View of powerhouse (looking up at it from the ground) : several flags on display

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme - 39th and 40th visits : 1924-1925

2010-03-13T07:33:30.028Z

Row of machinery in the powerhouse

Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme

2010-03-13T07:33:27.158Z

View looking down tracks - huts visible on hill (in background)

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme : 1924

2010-03-13T07:33:26.778Z

Men building foundations by water (the dam)

Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme, 1920-1921 : 5th, 6th and 7th visits

2010-03-13T07:33:26.488Z

Lower Mangahao Dam site number 2 - upper stream end of bush clearing on right bank - looking upstream

Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme, 1922 : 11th, 12th, 13th, 15th and 16th visits

2010-03-13T07:33:24.599Z

Progress at Mangahao (Number 2) - Eastern end of Tunnel No. 2 showing concrete casing which is now being put in. One man in sight at the end of the tunnel.

Mangahao - Wellington City transmission line : 1925

2010-03-13T07:33:24.349Z

Group of men in field - several power poles (upright) visible in background

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme : 1929

2010-03-13T07:33:22.551Z

View of dam being built - working taking place on the ground and at other levels

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme : 1929

2010-03-13T07:33:21.958Z

View of hillside with building and tracks on it - tracks also in foreground, man looking at hillside and trees visible behind man

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme : 36th and 37th visits - 1924

2010-03-13T07:33:20.759Z

Construction site - men on left, working near wood : dam visible

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme : 1924

2010-03-13T07:33:19.889Z

Group of men working on track (possibly concreting)

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme : 1924

2010-03-13T07:33:18.579Z

View of dam - trees in background, long track visible (in the air)

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme : 1924

2010-03-13T07:33:17.779Z

View of powerhouse (and hills that surround it) - power lines visible

Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme, 1921 : 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th visits

2010-03-13T07:33:17.459Z

Mangahao powerstation - Arapeti sawmill

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme : 1923-1924

2010-03-13T07:33:14.759Z

Lower Mangahao Number 2 Dam : clean up in riverbed, looking down stream

Kamala and Magdalena, Mornington, Dunedin

2010-03-13T07:33:14.249Z

Two children standing amongst columns in a cemetery.

Christchurch

2010-03-13T07:33:13.209Z

Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme : 1923

2010-03-13T07:33:04.999Z

Penstock construction

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme : 1924

2010-03-13T07:33:04.089Z

View of dam face - tracks visible on top of it

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme : 1929

2010-03-13T07:33:03.279Z

Work on pipeline on rockface - pipe in foreground, 3 men on rockface

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme : 1929

2010-03-13T07:33:02.809Z

View of building on hillside - tracks leading down from it (in 3 directions), river in foreground

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme - 39th and 40th visits : 1924-1925

2010-03-13T07:33:01.689Z

Number of automobiles (and people) assembled outside building

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme - 37th and 38th visits : 1924

2010-03-13T07:33:01.619Z

Landscape - men in water (in boat) on left, tracks visible on right - hillside covered in bare trees

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme : 36th and 37th visits - 1924

2010-03-13T07:33:01.559Z

View of dam site from downstream

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme : 1924

2010-03-13T07:33:00.949Z

View of hillside - tracks run down hillside *amendment: these are not tracks, but penstocks for the Mangahao Hydroelectric Plant.

Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme, 1922 : 11th, 12th, 13th, 15th and 16th visits

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Mangahao powerstation - Surge Tank excavation