Pictorial Parade No. 52 (1956)

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Pictorial Parade No. 52 (1956)

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The 22nd of July 1956 marks the opening of the Roxburgh hydro-electric power station, the earliest of the large hydro-electric projects in the southern south island and the first dam to reach across the Clutha River/ Mata-Au. The highest volume river in New Zealand, and the swiftest, with a catchment of 21,960 square kilometres (8,480 sq mi), discharging a mean flow of 614 cubic metres per second, the Clutha river/Mata-Au is an ideal location for hydro-electricity generation. The Roxburgh pow...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVebdKvbXDQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Related subjects

ROXBURGH DAM / NGAURUHOE - HELICOPTER

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