NEW TUG FOR DUNEDIN.
.At ihe Maori Ironworks (*ayeitW y Ote» Dai'.y , Times") may he; wen ,- nu»t. <of; „£» j parts of the cnßinc* to he fitted in<U*fO*]* tug for Ihe Harbour Board. JfflwtiwJW heavy parts are already the thruirt ehtfts, connecting M(U».« Wplates, . nnd heavy castings. ' the engine work in now wMI in blßai\top the firm will loee no time in sterffisf,.»!»!? the h«!I construction when the pl*t« Jf** from England. Closo upon 000 •will be required for tho new •tc«eL > .*wJwarrival of--tho metcrial is «xp«ct*e r '«flte»,*< M«anwhi'.« a huge hydraulic ■' rfyitieff-V o *'.' chine is boing p."«cod iv po«itioßbwe*»-ff- :- iron gantry. The magnitude ■ •'rffeJrX may be gaußod hy the fact machine weighs about 23 tons, «ai)StJ>^*' r placed on ooncreto foundation* TWfyW®-. eolid rock. By means of euch chincry the Maori Ironworks kWWJ; to deal with the hoaviort work' • along, and ha* proved highly ee * , roSui'' shipping, and a. fource of gteady ■ to a large staJ i>l highly skLUdiS*)*?* , ,''
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Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 14344, 2 May 1912, Page 8
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NEW TUG FOR DUNEDIN.
Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 14344, 2 May 1912, Page 8
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