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Peak construction reached on New Zealand's largest hydro-electric project
Progress report on construction on Waitaki River; installed plant capacity will be 540 Mw from 6 Francis units; earth dam, under construction, will be 360 ft high with 2850 ft crest length; 1400 ft long 42 ft high and 25 ft wide twin barreled culvert for diversion is being constructed by using movable steel ribbed formwork; spillway will comprise 4 radial gates; 16 1/2 ft diam penstocks will be of prestressed concrete.
Peak construction reached on New Zealand's largest hydro-electric project
Progress report on construction on Waitaki River; installed plant capacity will be 540 Mw from 6 Francis units; earth dam, under construction, will be 360 ft high with 2850 ft crest length; 1400 ft long 42 ft high and 25 ft wide twin barreled culvert for diversion is being constructed by using movable steel ribbed formwork; spillway will comprise 4 radial gates; 16 1/2 ft diam penstocks will be of prestressed concrete.
Peak construction reached on New Zealand's largest hydro-electric project
Civ Eng (Lond)
Hallewell, G.J. (author)
1961
4 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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