item details
NameExcavation site - No 1 Gorge
ProductionLeslie Adkin; photographer; 23 November 1922
Classificationblack-and-white negatives, gelatin dry plate negatives
Materialssheet glass, silver, photographic plates
Materials Summaryblack and white gelatin glass negative
Techniquesblack and white photography
Registration NumberB.022961
Credit lineGift of G. L. Adkin family estate, 1964
Overview
Adkin's description :- Figure 127 Deep excavation in the high-level terrace at No 1 Gorge for the eastern part of the big double dam at this spot. The adit level shown in 75ft below the terrace-top, the spoil being sent out through the adit into No 1 Gorge. Overhead the maze of heavy struts supports the timbered sides of the trench cut in the boulder formation of the ancient filled channel of the Mangahao River 23.11.22. 6 men standing