RIMU DREDGE
AN INFORMAL CEREMONY. Good progress has been made with the assembling of the' Mammoth dredge on .llimu Flat, which is to replace the structure now in operation and which, during the past ten years lias shifted such a large extent of country. The act of driving the first rivet was made the occasion for an informal ceremony on Saturday afternoon, when the Mayor (Mr G. A. Perry) and several representative citizens were present. Mr Arch McLaren, who is in charge of the work for the contractors, the Hansford Mills constrution Coy., Ltd., had everything in readiness for the function an dflie Mayor (Love the firsl rivet. Then followed the general manager of the Rimu Gold Dredging Coy. (Mr Radford), Mr F. Lewis, the dredge manager and other members of the party. The weight of steel in the new structurc approximately is 700 tons and with the exception of a few castings, is of British manufacture. The Weight of rivets required to hold it together, is A 0 tohs, and these will tie driven by twelve squads of rivettefs. each igqiiad colis'stirig of three men. The ieilgth of the hull Will 1.6 118 feet, width 56 feet, depth of hu’l 11 feet, depth of digging ladder 103 feet, between centres, and weighs 50 tons. The new spud is 56 feet long and weighs 30 tons. The stacking ladder is 145 feet long and weighs 24 tons. Provis ; on has been made for the extension of the digging ladder to 133 feet; an extra portion will be fitted at the how, when this extension is made. The whole of the hull has been fabricated and fitted together in Wellington, dismantled and shipped to Hokitika via Greymoutb. The stacks on which the hull is being assembled are 6 feet high and placed at the edge of the dam ready to receive the com pleted dredge. The huge pieces of sheet steel are placed in position by two cranes, 10 tons and 5 tons, all worked by electrical energy. The dredge will be launchd on five ways. It is expected that shortly some 60 or 70 men will he employed in the work of assembling.
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Hokitika Guardian, 25 November 1930, Page 2
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