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Raging Zambezi River Destroys Muliti-Million Dollar Hydro-Electric Plant
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keywords: tragedies and disaster, rhodesia, lake kariba, flooding, flood waters, hydro-electric dam construction
Synopsis: The Zambezi River in central Rhodesia floods its banks during the rainy season threatening a 225 million dollar Hydro-Electric Dam under construction at the newly formed Lake Kariba where every bridge on the river was swept away a cofferdam surrounding the construction site held back the raging flood waters long enough to give workers time to successfully plug the entrances and saving the power station proper the cofferdam finally failed causing a major set back to construction...(read more)
- Date: 1958
- Duration: 00:00:43
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: Rhodesia
Hydro-Electric Plant On Zambezi River Heavily Damaged
In Rhodesia, the Zambezi one of the world's great rivers goes on a rainy season rampage. Currents exceed 40 mph the crest tops 44 feet as the surging stream washes out a multi-million dollar hydro-electric plant.
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- Newsreels: 1958 - April 14
