HOT SPRING IN RIVER.
BRIDGE SUPPORT RAISED.
PROBLEM FOR ENGINEER.
CYLINDER LIFTED EIGHT FEET.
[BY TELEGRAPII. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.]
HAMILTON. Tuesday
An unforeseen difficulty has arisen in connection with the construction of the railway bridge which is being built for the Taupo Totara Timber Company, Limited, across the VVaikato River at Ongoroto. A steel cylinder was lowered into the bottom of the river to form a support for the bridge, and the water was pumped out preparatory to lowering the cylinder further.
Workmen were employed inside the cylinder to excavate the foundations for tho bridge supports when a hot spring was tapped. The heat was neutralised by letting in cold water and the work proceeded. Last week the cylinder was lifted Bft. by thermal activity beneath the bed of tho river.
The men in the cylinder were not immediately inconvenienced and were liberated without difficulty. An Auckland engineer was sent for and he is faced with the problem of finding a foundation for the structure in another site, or of combatting the pressure from below.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20783, 28 January 1931, Page 10
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