Pile driver, Wairoa rail bridge 1925

Date1925Reference NumberPhoto 10-023DescriptionPile driver used in the construction of the Wairoa River railway bridge, 1925. From A. C. Bellamy, Paeroa-Waihī-Tauranga Railway report, 1978, p.6: "The Wairoa River bridge consisting of thirteen 60 foot and two 30 foot spans on concrete piers supported on reinforced concrete piles was commenced in June 1925 and finished by the November. The spans which were fabricated at Mount Maunganui were loaded on special skidways and floated into position by barges using the rise and fall of the tide to load and place the girders." Placing girders by this method took only 12 days. FormatPrintSourcesA. C. Bellamy, Paeroa-Waihi-Tauranga Railway report; Information in Vertical File - Railways.

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