teady progress* is'being madein the construction-oftheEast Coast 'Railway, though there is yet much) ) do, and two years will probably, elapse .before the. new route is completed. These pictures were iken recently during a visit to the works by a party of Gisborne business r^teri.. Top left, approach , > the Waikoura Tunnel, previously the swampy bed of a creek. Top right, activity at Torries' Camp, at.j.-, le Gisborne end. of the hill section. Bottom left, Tikiwhata terraces and a portion of the camp, which one. of tifa largest on the Gisborne-W aikokojfu section. Bottom right, members of .the party inspecting le works. Centre, electric truck at thet northern- portal of the Waiau-Tikiwhata tunnel, the largest :" >'■ ;■•.'•■■ • ■ ; .' onthe route. '■ ■ , :".'.",." '..•'. '~'•■'
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 102, 27 October 1938, Page 17
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115teady progress* is'being madein the construction-oftheEast Coast 'Railway, though there is yet much) ) do, and two years will probably, elapse .before the. new route is completed. These pictures were iken recently during a visit to the works by a party of Gisborne business r^teri.. Top left, approach , > the Waikoura Tunnel, previously the swampy bed of a creek. Top right, activity at Torries' Camp, at.j.-, le Gisborne end. of the hill section. Bottom left, Tikiwhata terraces and a portion of the camp, which one. of tifa largest on the Gisborne-W aikokojfu section. Bottom right, members of .the party inspecting le works. Centre, electric truck at thet northern- portal of the Waiau-Tikiwhata tunnel, the largest :" >'■ ;■•.'•■■ • ■ ; .' onthe route. '■ ■ , :".'.",." '..•'. '~'•■' Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 102, 27 October 1938, Page 17
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