This aerial image from 1954 captures the waterworks area, featuring both the Lower Dam and Morton Dam. A small settlement with homes is visible in the same location where the water museum and two other houses stand today.
If you look closely from Morton Dam, you can spot Solomon Track, which once connected Morton Dam to the Whakanui Track.
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