Posts : 814 Join date : 2014-09-24 Age : 85 Location : Wairarapa New Zealand
Subject: The year was 1958 Fri Feb 17, 2017 2:04 am
I had just aquired my first serious camera, an Asahi Pentax. The Wairakie Thermal power station in it's early days.
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Subject: Re: The year was 1958 Fri Feb 17, 2017 4:18 pm
Plenty of steam cider man. It's a pity they couldn't have tapped into it and fed it through to peoples Homes for extra Heat.
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Posts : 814 Join date : 2014-09-24 Age : 85 Location : Wairarapa New Zealand
Subject: Re: The year was 1958 Fri Feb 17, 2017 7:51 pm
A lot of motels, hotels and residential houses do have thermal heating in that area Gandalph. It's a bit more sophisticated now but they used to drill a hole and stick a pipe down.
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