Looking over the spillway of Morton Dam circa 1965. In view is the Morton Dam Strainer Building which was demolished in the 1990s, some years after Morton Dam was decommissioned.
Wellington City Council Archives, 00125-17: CC-BY.
View from Morton Dam in 1965
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