A GREAT RAILWAY TUNNEL
Tim C'nniiiUij'lil Tunnel. uiiiit-r i .Mould .Mm (Ioll;i!'I, <>ll tin* line owned l-y lli" (’niindi;ui I-*:icifit- i’aihvay ('nmliaiiy, is (me i f tha great I mmols of the world. It is live miles Inns, douhle-t r:a\i.(|, aial was hiiilt in wry (|tiiek time (a little aver three veal's', al a lest ef £I . JtiD.C "h 111 IDA) the work el' Ii) ti 11 • r the ‘•hie. Imle" w.m begun aiel is ~ 1 ill in j.r ■ gross. When it e ii■• i~• 1 1 n::rli iitJIMK.'l) .-iicliJ, Hi' ( aiiaihan (•■iiieilt uii! liar a I eeli i.-etl. and. ei eour-e, if gives eiiiiiltiynienl is. a .mail army el' moil. 'I he enucivle jack. I is made ill tioiis I wniity-tivu feel hum; re l .-aeh seel i m i .:!••. •. lour m- tie-., d .v, t > prepare. roil- id.-ra hie Ida-tiiig hail:.: needed smiiet imt/s. Six e.,iit;.l. te so • of forms it re .it work in the . hinnel.
with the result that a section is completed each working day. making it total of 132 feet in six days. The tunnel is 23, 100 feet long. which indicates ti:., magnitude ol the work. Aii 1C“ powerful lamp- light (lit- tunnel at the six working points and the ventilating system employed is si gaud that workmen cm remain at their task for eight cons; cut iv - hours without suiferiug any impairment ef health or vigour. Vcnulatiaa is provid’d by two riv.,l fans oil by obG It.-.i. !-e.vli!i;b r s uni-Die-c' ( ngiites. which create stu b a cillT'i:'. of air that there is praetically mi discomfort to passengers on trains passing the tunnel. A vi-itor to the tunite!, while the lining is being done, will find at two point- doors leadin'; tier ugh ('e sol;-. in tlie miniature tunnel tire ba-atci lunch ' stills viler ■ w liitc-I appa l at
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Hokitika Guardian, 9 June 1925, Page 4
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307A GREAT RAILWAY TUNNEL Hokitika Guardian, 9 June 1925, Page 4
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