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With the construction of this coffer dam by Downer & Co, Kimihia School and the community was :@0.087120:0.359466:0.931501:0.359466:0.931501:0.340296:0.087120:0.340296:0.019149:0.005644:0.005644:0.010079:0.007257:0.005644:0.010079:0.008869:0.007438:0.008869:0.010079:0.010079:0.007874:0.005644:0.006712:0.010079:0.008860:0.005644:0.005604:0.010079:0.010079:0.007277:0.010301:0.006853:0.007257:0.005644:0.010079:0.005644:0.007861:0.007257:0.008869:0.010278:0.006652:0.006888:0.008869:0.006652:0.007257:0.010079:0.008869:0.015682:0.007277:0.010502:0.009675:0.007257:0.014554:0.010220:0.014554:0.010079:0.008828:0.006712:0.007468:0.015521:0.007257:0.013505:0.010079:0.005241:0.007257:0.014513:0.005604:0.015743:0.005604:0.010079:0.005665:0.008910:0.007290:0.011288:0.009050:0.010079:0.010079:0.010079:0.005604:0.007277:0.008869:0.010079:0.010079:0.007298:0.005644:0.010079:0.008869:0.007257:0.008869:0.010079:0.015682:0.015743:0.010079:0.010079:0.005698:0.006047:0.009877:0.007236:0.014554:0.008828:0.007882:0.005039
about to lose its swimming hole. The popular site is just off picture to the left where “The Point” was situat-:@0.039508:0.374574:0.926318:0.374574:0.926318:0.355404:0.039508:0.355404:0.008869:0.010079:0.010079:0.010120:0.005644:0.005039:0.005644:0.010079:0.005039:0.005604:0.010079:0.007841:0.008950:0.005039:0.005625:0.005644:0.007861:0.005031:0.007841:0.014554:0.005604:0.015682:0.015764:0.005442:0.010079:0.009877:0.005039:0.010079:0.010079:0.005604:0.009183:0.005039:0.005241:0.012296:0.010079:0.008869:0.005039:0.010079:0.010079:0.010079:0.010079:0.005604:0.008950:0.006611:0.005039:0.007841:0.005701:0.005644:0.009071:0.006249:0.005644:0.007861:0.006244:0.005644:0.010079:0.007861:0.005644:0.006249:0.010079:0.006652:0.006904:0.006249:0.010079:0.005604:0.008910:0.005644:0.010079:0.006833:0.008890:0.006249:0.005644:0.010079:0.006249:0.005644:0.010079:0.009071:0.006248:0.005644:0.008869:0.006652:0.005677:0.006249:0.014554:0.010220:0.008869:0.006833:0.008909:0.006249:0.008869:0.012297:0.010280:0.008869:0.006249:0.011288:0.010079:0.005604:0.010153:0.005644:0.009071:0.006450:0.014513:0.008869:0.007861:0.006249:0.007861:0.005644:0.005644:0.010079:0.008869:0.005846:0.006712
ed. Both the Point and the Island were focal points for bathers and picnickers on summer days. The beach :@0.039507:0.389683:0.931499:0.389683:0.931499:0.370512:0.039507:0.370512:0.008869:0.010079:0.005039:0.007298:0.013304:0.010079:0.005644:0.010079:0.007055:0.005644:0.010079:0.008869:0.007055:0.011288:0.010079:0.005604:0.010112:0.005644:0.007055:0.008869:0.010079:0.010129:0.007055:0.005846:0.010079:0.008869:0.007257:0.006450:0.007841:0.005604:0.008950:0.010079:0.010060:0.007055:0.014554:0.008828:0.006833:0.008890:0.007090:0.006652:0.010260:0.008869:0.008869:0.005665:0.007055:0.010079:0.010079:0.005604:0.010120:0.005644:0.007861:0.007055:0.006652:0.010079:0.006652:0.007055:0.010079:0.008920:0.005644:0.010079:0.008869:0.006712:0.007802:0.007055:0.008869:0.010079:0.010079:0.007055:0.010079:0.005825:0.008869:0.010079:0.005661:0.008869:0.010280:0.008869:0.006685:0.007861:0.007055:0.010079:0.010079:0.005825:0.007841:0.010079:0.015682:0.015805:0.008869:0.006652:0.006853:0.010079:0.009252:0.009675:0.007915:0.005039:0.007055:0.012296:0.010079:0.008869:0.006853:0.010079:0.009050:0.008869:0.008869:0.010301:0.005039
and other areas along the shoreline were covered with coal slack that had worked it way around the lake :@0.039507:0.404791:0.931501:0.404791:0.931501:0.385620:0.039507:0.385620:0.008869:0.010079:0.010079:0.007902:0.010079:0.005644:0.010079:0.008869:0.006652:0.007660:0.008869:0.006833:0.008869:0.008890:0.008063:0.007652:0.008869:0.005604:0.010079:0.010301:0.009948:0.007660:0.005644:0.010280:0.008869:0.007660:0.007861:0.010079:0.010079:0.006833:0.008890:0.005644:0.005604:0.010079:0.008910:0.007660:0.014554:0.008828:0.006712:0.008844:0.007861:0.008869:0.010079:0.010079:0.008869:0.006833:0.009050:0.010120:0.007660:0.014513:0.005644:0.005644:0.010079:0.007660:0.008869:0.010079:0.008869:0.005694:0.007660:0.007841:0.005604:0.008950:0.008849:0.010282:0.007660:0.005644:0.010079:0.008869:0.005644:0.007660:0.010260:0.008869:0.010099:0.007693:0.014554:0.010079:0.006611:0.010260:0.008869:0.010099:0.007660:0.005644:0.005644:0.007660:0.014694:0.009252:0.009716:0.007660:0.009050:0.006712:0.010079:0.010079:0.010200:0.010153:0.007660:0.005644:0.010079:0.008869:0.007660:0.005604:0.008950:0.010220:0.008890:0.005039
from the original underground mine situated in the right background. The dam allowed for the removal of :@0.039508:0.419899:0.931500:0.419899:0.931500:0.400729:0.039508:0.400729:0.006652:0.006712:0.010079:0.015704:0.007861:0.005644:0.010079:0.008869:0.006833:0.010079:0.006712:0.005765:0.009918:0.005644:0.010079:0.008869:0.005636:0.007055:0.010079:0.010079:0.010079:0.009050:0.006723:0.010079:0.006712:0.010079:0.010019:0.010079:0.010079:0.007055:0.015682:0.005665:0.010079:0.008890:0.007257:0.007861:0.005644:0.005644:0.010113:0.008869:0.005641:0.008869:0.010079:0.007055:0.005644:0.010079:0.007257:0.005644:0.010079:0.008869:0.007055:0.006712:0.005765:0.009877:0.010099:0.005644:0.007055:0.010079:0.009120:0.009071:0.010280:0.009877:0.006712:0.010019:0.010079:0.010079:0.010079:0.005039:0.007257:0.012295:0.010280:0.008869:0.007055:0.010079:0.008869:0.015756:0.007257:0.008869:0.005604:0.005665:0.010079:0.014534:0.008869:0.010079:0.007055:0.006651:0.010280:0.006652:0.007257:0.005644:0.010079:0.008902:0.007055:0.006833:0.008869:0.015682:0.010079:0.010079:0.008950:0.005625:0.007055:0.010079:0.006853:0.005039
overburden via dredging so that the 10 meter  thick coal seam could be mined.:@0.039508:0.434890:0.672906:0.434890:0.672906:0.415719:0.039508:0.415719:0.010079:0.010079:0.008869:0.006693:0.010079:0.010079:0.006712:0.010019:0.008869:0.010079:0.005241:0.010079:0.005604:0.008910:0.005241:0.010079:0.006833:0.008869:0.010260:0.009877:0.005677:0.010129:0.009877:0.005442:0.007861:0.010079:0.005241:0.005644:0.010079:0.008869:0.005644:0.005241:0.005644:0.010079:0.008869:0.005241:0.010079:0.010079:0.005241:0.015723:0.008904:0.005846:0.008869:0.006712:0.005039:0.005039:0.005604:0.010079:0.005604:0.009071:0.010079:0.005039:0.008869:0.010079:0.008869:0.005604:0.005039:0.007841:0.008950:0.008849:0.015682:0.005039:0.008950:0.010079:0.010079:0.005604:0.010079:0.005039:0.010260:0.008869:0.005039:0.015682:0.005665:0.010079:0.008869:0.010079:0.005039
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Watercolour painting of Lake Kimihia :@0.045958:0.955659:0.383391:0.955659:0.383391:0.935961:0.045958:0.935961:0.020157:0.010079:0.006712:0.008809:0.008869:0.008869:0.010079:0.005604:0.010079:0.011309:0.008869:0.005039:0.011268:0.010079:0.005604:0.011309:0.006712:0.005604:0.011247:0.010079:0.005039:0.010079:0.006833:0.005039:0.013485:0.010079:0.011268:0.008869:0.005039:0.015521:0.005604:0.016570:0.005604:0.011309:0.005604:0.010079:0.005039
by Neil Holland in March 1942:@0.079259:0.973333:0.345214:0.973333:0.345214:0.953635:0.079259:0.953635:0.011268:0.010079:0.005039:0.014554:0.008828:0.005604:0.005665:0.005039:0.015682:0.010079:0.005665:0.005604:0.010079:0.011127:0.011268:0.005039:0.005604:0.011309:0.005039:0.018948:0.010079:0.008869:0.008869:0.011268:0.005039:0.010079:0.010079:0.010079:0.010079
 :@0.345377:0.968672:0.350416:0.968672:0.350416:0.959764:0.345377:0.959764:0.005039