SEA WALL EROSION

Taranaki Daily News, 20 July 1935, Page 6

SEA WALL EROSION

PROTECTION OF RAILWAY YARDS. LARGE CRANE FOR NEW PLYMOU’I’H Erdrion by th6-fea has fen&fed extensive repair work necessary on the sea wall at New Plymouth railway yards. The actual work will not begin for some weeks and will be largely tarried out with the aid of the large wrecking crane used at the scene of the Te Awamutu railway smash this week. The crane will be placed in position over the weakened arpas and the boulders that have gradually worked down to the sand flats will be hauled to the wall. Preliminary, work began yesterday. • It is not yet known if sufficient stone will be available on the spet 'to strengthen the weak parts of the walk Originally the bdulders were brought from the quarry near Waipuku, but that lirie has now been closed and there may be difficulty in. obtaining other supplies conveniently. The erosion has been most severe at the extreme eastern end of the wall where it abuts on the already extensively eroded Woolcdmbe Terrace. Although a recent estimate made by an engineer indicated that the railway lifte Will be threatened by the Woolcombe erosion in a few years, fto further work to extend the eastern wall will be ddne on this occasion. The three weak spots detected in the existing wall will be the main spot of the crane’s operations, but a complete survey Of the wall will be made—the first for three years. . The protective wall was first built in 1905 and since that time has required much attention.