STRATFORD TE KOURA LINE
Slow anc* Costly. The Hon H. W Hornes supplied the following data regarding the Whnngnmomona railway at the nooning func ion on Wednesday First sod turned bv the Hon W flallTonos, March 23, 19H ; Toko section opened, 6 miles 20 chains, August 9, 1902 ; Douglas 4 miles 72 chains, March I, 1905 ; Huiroa, 4 nvles 50 chains, Apri l 1,1908; Te Wera 6 miles 77 cba'ns, June 20, 1910; Pohoku*a, 8 miles 55 chains, August 1 1912 ; Whangamomona 6 m>les 13 oba : ne, July 1914 ; Tahora, 9 miles 67 chains in hand ; drainage at Whangvmomona. 37 mi’os 53 chains ; Tabora sec i>n 9 milos 07 chains ; dis» tance SraUord ft Okabukura, 97£ m ; 'o?; 'otal cost to March 31st, 1914 £578,841. Whangaraoraona section Cost, £132,500; Tabora section, £l2O 200; Whangamomona tunnel, £31,404 • station buildings, £4363 ; aggregate water drives, 1414 feet; bridges, 999 feet; tunnel, 30.62 chains; grade maximum, I in 45 83. Elevations above sea level! Pohokura 741foit, tunnel 786 feat; Whanga* momona 605 feet.
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Patea Mail, Volume XXXIX, 6 July 1914, Page 2
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169STRATFORD TE KOURA LINE Patea Mail, Volume XXXIX, 6 July 1914, Page 2
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