Top: Work has not loftg proceeded on this tunnelling job, one of the biggest on the Napier-Gisborne railway. Note the lie of the rock seams, which alternate in hard and soft strata. Middle: A view of the Tikiwhata valley^ on the route of the railway, showing' the precipitous nature of the country through which the line is being constructed. Bottom: This portal of a tunnel illustrtaes the special timbering system employed in the full-section method of excavation.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 57, 4 September 1937, Page 14
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77Top: Work has not loftg proceeded on this tunnelling job, one of the biggest on the Napier-Gisborne railway. Note the lie of the rock seams, which alternate in hard and soft strata. Middle: A view of the Tikiwhata valley^ on the route of the railway, showing' the precipitous nature of the country through which the line is being constructed. Bottom: This portal of a tunnel illustrtaes the special timbering system employed in the full-section method of excavation. Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 57, 4 September 1937, Page 14
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