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Kaituna power station, 1908

Kaituna power station, 1908

The Kaituna power station at the Ōkere Falls supplied electricity to Rotorua town from 1901. The extensive fluming was built to channel water into and from the power plant. The station was superseded by electricity from the Arapuni station on the Waikato River in the 1930s, and was dismantled in 1941.

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Rotorua Museum of Art and History, Te Whare Taonga o Te Arawa
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Malcolm McKinnon. 'Volcanic Plateau region', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 20-Dec-10
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/volcanic-plateau-region/11/3