NOKOMAI DREDGE AT WORK.—The Christchurch Drainage Board has decided to negotiate for the purchase of the Nokomai dredge for use in the lower reaches of the Avon and Heathcote rivers. The dredge and gravel pump are here seen at work in Central Otago. Gravel and gold are being drawn through the suction pipe and are then pumped up 120 feet to the bank of the Nokomai stream.
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Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25553, 22 July 1948, Page 6
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67NOKOMAI DREDGE AT WORK.—The Christchurch Drainage Board has decided to negotiate for the purchase of the Nokomai dredge for use in the lower reaches of the Avon and Heathcote rivers. The dredge and gravel pump are here seen at work in Central Otago. Gravel and gold are being drawn through the suction pipe and are then pumped up 120 feet to the bank of the Nokomai stream. Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25553, 22 July 1948, Page 6
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