ACCESS TO FARM LAND
BRIDGES ACROSS STREAM CONSTRUCTION IN THE NORTH [BY TEI.EGR.ini—OWN CORRESPONDENT] DARGAVILLE. Thursday Two suspension bridges have been erected over tho Mangakahia Stream by contractors for the Public Works Department. The last to be completed is at Nukutawhiti, on Mr. T. N. Blake's property, about 35 miles from Dargavillo. It will give access to a block of good farming land. The bridge is swung between hardwood towers, 40ft. in height, carried on suspension cables sin. in circumference, with a breaking strain of 87 tons on each. In times of flood stock can readily be moved across tho river, which has been known to rise 35ft. in four hours. The bridges have been designed to carry or.e horse or ono cow, or sheep in single file.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21247, 29 July 1932, Page 11
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128ACCESS TO FARM LAND New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21247, 29 July 1932, Page 11
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