THE RIMUTAKA DEVIATION.—The start of the Rimutaka railway deviation and tunnel undertaking, which will cost £1,960,000, and take five or six years to complete. In this photograph the Minister of Railways (the Hon. R. Semple) is shown drilling the rock face for the first explosive charge in the construction.
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Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 25031, 13 November 1946, Page 8
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49THE RIMUTAKA DEVIATION.—The start of the Rimutaka railway deviation and tunnel undertaking, which will cost £1,960,000, and take five or six years to complete. In this photograph the Minister of Railways (the Hon. R. Semple) is shown drilling the rock face for the first explosive charge in the construction. Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 25031, 13 November 1946, Page 8
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