BRITISH ENGINEERING.
CONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGE. (British Official Wireiess). RUGBY, Dec. 5. Early this morning at Southgate station, on the London-North Eastern Railway, an army of workmen aided by all the latest mechanical devices, will commence work on the task of fixing the new bridge which is scheduled to be completed on Sunday in twentyfour hours. Two hundred feet of lines must be moved and 1000 feet of earth excavated, then a steel bridge with a 70 feet span is to be placed in position all without interfering with the normal train service. This remarkable effort, which depends for its success on the perfect organisation of labour and the efficiency of British appliances, is being undertaken by Sir Robert Alacalpino and Sons.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 6, 7 December 1931, Page 7
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121BRITISH ENGINEERING. Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 6, 7 December 1931, Page 7
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