Equipment for Twizel
, The biggest earthmoving machines ever brought to New Zealand will arrive at ' Lyttelton in the m.v. Teal- ’ bank about April 14. The three 10-cubic yard I front-end loaders and 14 50- , ton dump trucks were ordered by the Ministry of Works from a United States manufacturer last year for • use on the Upper Waitaki . hydro-electricity development, and will give a substantial boost to the present earthmoving fleet based at Twizel. I After being unloaded from I the Tealbank, the machines 1 will undergo pre-delivery checks before travelling in 5 convoy to Twizel about a ) week after the ship berths. ) They will take on nearly t 3000 gallons of fuel for the 1 journey. #»;,■’ I The Lyttelton road tunnel j will have to be closed to j other traffic while the conj voy passes through. The 5 trip from Lyttelton to 1 Twizel is expected to take 2 about eight hours.
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32873, 23 March 1972, Page 1
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153Equipment for Twizel Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32873, 23 March 1972, Page 1
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