CATERING FOR THE SPORTING INSTINCT.—The winter sport of “Catching the red-hot rivet” is popular at the construction work on the site of Auckland’s new railway station. Centre: A workman is seen heating the rivets. Above: A rivet catcher. The red-hot rivet is caught in a funnel. The catcher wears leather gloves. (A rivet dropped on the foreman’s head disqualifies the player.) Below: The compressed-air riveter takes a hand in the game.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 631, 6 April 1929, Page 30
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71CATERING FOR THE SPORTING INSTINCT.—The winter sport of “Catching the red-hot rivet” is popular at the construction work on the site of Auckland’s new railway station. Centre: A workman is seen heating the rivets. Above: A rivet catcher. The red-hot rivet is caught in a funnel. The catcher wears leather gloves. (A rivet dropped on the foreman’s head disqualifies the player.) Below: The compressed-air riveter takes a hand in the game. Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 631, 6 April 1929, Page 30
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