Description

An invitation to the official opening of Kariba Dam by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother on 17 May 1960. Information for guests including seat number.

Part of a collection of papers and books formerly belonging to W Stewart Spence donated by his nephew Michael Wood (see here).

For more information on the Kariba Dam see here.

Professor Paul Jowitt of Heriot-Watt University and past President of the Institution of Civil engineers (2009/10) was, in part, inspired to become a civil engineer by seeing a black and white TV programme about the Kariba Dam when he was nine years old (see here).