BUOYS ON THE CROCODILE'S BACK
People living near the railway between Chepstow and Newport in Monmouthshire have the rare opportuntiy of seeing buoys riding on a crocodile's bark. The buoys are, of course, of the floating variety met at sea; and the crocodiles are big railway waggons of a special type. Over 70 buoys (10 feet high, with a girth of 40 feet and weighing 8 tons) have been made for the Navy, and as it is necessary for lines to bo kept clear of traffic while the monsters go by all are travelling on Sundays.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22985, 12 March 1938, Page 9 (Supplement)
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96BUOYS ON THE CROCODILE'S BACK New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22985, 12 March 1938, Page 9 (Supplement)
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