item details
NamePowerhouse construction site
ProductionLeslie Adkin; photographer; 24 August 1923; North Island
Classificationblack-and-white negatives, gelatin dry plate negatives
Materialssheet glass, silver, photographic plates, photographic gelatin
Materials Summaryblack and white gelatin glass negative
Techniquesblack and white photography
Registration NumberB.022997
Credit lineGift of G. L. Adkin family estate, 1964
Overview
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.