Wellington Harbour and Railway Improvements: Progress of Thorndon Reclamation.
... . . .. ~ i• i • the fillinr nf the ri.olnm'i 1 inn are't of (ISA acres a t Thorndon. The concrete seawall, nearly 1000 feet long, was completed al 'l’liis nhiiini-r’inli which was taken yesterday morning, illustrates the rapid progress which is being made with trie uning ot tnc rcciliin.liion aiea ui no. u , . . ~ |j..„« n ,u r the end of 1926 ’ Two dredges working double shifts are pumping 100.000 tons of spoil per month over the wail the newly-formed land rapidly extending, an dhe p ™ R tot.‘dtog the torn" whole of th., area will be used by tb» Railway Department for the new good s yards and other improvements, and the Kniwarro end wilt be "area last year, and <’ is expend that the concrete breastwork from the Pipitea end to provide additional accommodation for shipping, principally tankers and other oil vessels. Over 1,000,000 tons o f bPOli pumptil i_t< yeai, a Wallace, nhoto, fijiiisijgatiaii. &iU b* cwgUjsfl to abaito syditeca moaUMi. (
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 83, 6 January 1928, Page 9
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168Wellington Harbour and Railway Improvements: Progress of Thorndon Reclamation. Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 83, 6 January 1928, Page 9
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