A TUNNEL 26,100 FEET LONG.
A very great engine, <>r:nii font was ncc-emplished on December 10 with the opening of tlie Kogers Pass Tunnel on tli. 1 main line of th,<> Canadian Pacific IJa'lway. A passage has been made oa~t and '.rest through the heart of Mount Macdonaid. Tlie ceremony of firing the '-onnerting shot was pprformed in the pivsene. l of a number of prominent, rai'wny and I>n>iness men and engineers, two and a ha.lf miles from either exit, of the tunnel, nml ar a ('istaneo of (5000 f'\>t below tl"' surf ire. The tunnel, wh»n complete. will !■, 2^>. 100 foot lono;. with nnprortehp-s n:i addition.il nin' m'!*w in i»'ngt?i.
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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 161, 31 March 1916, Page 4 (Supplement)
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111A TUNNEL 26,100 FEET LONG. Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 161, 31 March 1916, Page 4 (Supplement)
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