BRIDGE OVER HYDRO ELECTRIC POWER CANAL.—Mrs C. W. F. Hamilton cutting the ribbon to declare open the new bridge that carries State Highway 8 across the Tekapo-to-Pukaki hydro-electricity canal. Mr and Mrs Hamilton drove the first car across the bridge. Mr Hamilton has owned the Irishman Creek sheep station, through which the canal passes, since 1921. The bridge is 45ft above the level of the former highway at the canal position, six miles south of Tekapo, and is 150ft long. Assisting Mrs Hamilton is the Ministry of Works engineer in charge of the canal construction (Mr J. McKay).
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19710910.2.35.1
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32708, 10 September 1971, Page 3
Word Count
98BRIDGE OVER HYDRO ELECTRIC POWER CANAL.—Mrs C. W. F. Hamilton cutting the ribbon to declare open the new bridge that carries State Highway 8 across the Tekapo-to-Pukaki hydro-electricity canal. Mr and Mrs Hamilton drove the first car across the bridge. Mr Hamilton has owned the Irishman Creek sheep station, through which the canal passes, since 1921. The bridge is 45ft above the level of the former highway at the canal position, six miles south of Tekapo, and is 150ft long. Assisting Mrs Hamilton is the Ministry of Works engineer in charge of the canal construction (Mr J. McKay). Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32708, 10 September 1971, Page 3
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in