SHEERLEGS DEMOLISHED
A SPEEDY OPERATION (Pes United Press Association.) AUCKLAND, November 15. As six bells was sounded on the training ship Philomel nearby the sheerlege, a seamark in Auckland Harbour for 25 years, crashed into the water this morning. The sheerlegs, made of steel, were 156 feet high, and weighed 100 tons. They were built at a cost of £30,000 for heavy lifts at the naval dockyard, but were used only six times. The demolition work was done by the Harbour Board. In preparation the rear leg was driven forward to give an overhang, and this morning all that was necessary was to burn through the checks holding the rear leg. This was done in three minutes and the sheerlegs fell with a dull roar. As they dived into the water there was a crash like that of a warship’s big gun, and the spray rose 15 feet
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22421, 16 November 1934, Page 11
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