PIERCING OF HOMER TUNNEL
BLASTING HEARD AT MILFORD SOUND Blasting operations in the Homer tunnel can now be heard on the Milford Sound side, reports the correspondent of THe Southland Times. Good progress is being made with the road from Milford to the tunnel in spite of the rough country through which it is being formed. It is now possible to motor eight of the 10 miles to the tunnel site and gangs of men are at present busy preparing a track for a bull-dozer, which will be on the job very soon. The tunnel will come out just above the bush line. There are still patches of avalanche snow in the vicinity after the heavy falls early in November. A few bridges have yet to be completed, but the access bridges, built of stout timber, are easily negotiated. An excellent permanent camp site for workmen has been made about two miles and a-half from the tunnel and already a Y.M.C.A. building has been erected. This provides billiards, pingpong and reading for the men and has also a Post Office and savings bank.
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Southland Times, Issue 24004, 20 December 1939, Page 6
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183PIERCING OF HOMER TUNNEL Southland Times, Issue 24004, 20 December 1939, Page 6
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