Arapuni Power Station
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Arapuni Power Station is a hydroelectric power station on the Waikato River, in the North Island of New Zealand. It is owned and operated by Mercury Energy, and is the seventh and penultimate hydroele
Arapuni power station, as seen from the Arapuni Suspension Bridge
The Arapuni Gorge during the construction of the power station, 1929
Arapuni Suspension Bridge
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The Arapuni Suspension Bridge is located just downstream from the Arapuni Power Station on the Waikato River in the South Waikato District of New Zealand. The 152-metre suspension bridge in the bush-l
Arapuni Power Station
…water seepage problem was investigated and the headrace lined. The station, with the addition of a fourth turbine, was recommissioned in May 1932. The Arapuni Suspension Bridge, just downstream from the power station, was opened in 1926. It gave access from 'top camp' (which eventually became the Arapuni township) on the true…
Arapuni Suspension Bridge, with the photo taken from the true right of the Waikato River
Plaque commemorating the bridge engineer
Steel lattice tower of the bridge on the true left of the Waikato River
Arapuni Swing/Suspension Bridge taken from downstream on the true left of the river; stabilising cables are visible