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It was voted the biggest engineering achevement in New Zealand history by university of Auckland alumni.

What makes it so special is how far underground the generator room is and the difficulity of constructing this, the large access tunnels and the water flow tunnels. A few lives were lost in construction It was voted the biggest engineering achevement in new zealand history by university of Auckland alumni.

What makes it so special is how far underground the generator room is and the difficulity of constructing this, the large access tunnels and the water flow tunnels. A few lives were lost in construction

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