The Sirinumu Dam

Australia, 1965

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The building of the Sirinumu Dam on the Loloki river of New Guinea. A secondary supply of electric power was needed to serve industrial and domestic Port Moresby. A complete record of the project from the planning, the purchase of land from the indigenous peoples, the drilling and dynamiting to the final opening of the dam gate.

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Information and Extension Services for the people of Papua New Guinea

Language

English

Duration

00:21:45:00

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Black and White

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