NEW GISBORNE BRIDGE
opened across the taruheru • : ■ river. I ; (BI lILEORAPH.—PBIBB ASIOCIATm.I ! ' ; GISBORNE, 24th November. '. .Th'eTii'ew Peel. Street Bridge was opened this aftenioon to replace the old structure over the Taruheru River, connecting the town with tie suburb of Whataupoko. The bridge is 420 feet iong and 40 feet wide, and is built of ferro-concrete. It is of handsome design, was, part of the loan proposal of £60,000, the other works, which are all finishedj being the concreting of Peel street) 'road work, and ah extension of the tramway system through Whataupoko to the borough boundary, a distance of one and a half miles. Of the loan money the contractor, Mr. Goodman, allocated £24,970 .; t^waifls' ' the bridge: ■"-"The town was decorated, and tHe first tram was driven over ••■ the bridge along the line to" the borough boundary. -:■■-• ■,;. ■■. • < ■ ■
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 127, 26 November 1923, Page 8
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