M Members URRAY °lteaie' Estate l\OBERTS^ Institute • WE WANT PROPERTY TO SELL ... HOUSES SECTIONS COMMERCIAL LAND BUSINESSES FARMS | | MERE ROAD — Desirable Leg-in Section over ^4-acre —£1400. FOR PROMPT and COURTEOUS attention RING, WRITE or CALL — 11. T. AUSTIN, 33 NGAMOTU RD., 1185W. R. R. KERR, 07 NGAMOTU RD., 1032D
^ I ■ |^jj| ' This 400 ft. T.V. Tower M has to withstand px I fj V -100 m.p.h. gales. . . MWj | ^ jyy , „ - ' # ' ' i NIp •Mk f • ^ ' '■■ J P £ 'C.^w 'YvY';: : A v> V sx.;-x«UIW^.xW:-X::,X*.v.v.:.wv.Y.:.:.%y.v.y.' •• ^Njx^^KSBaHafig^aSSBaHBsxjSiBgSiSMSjaHwreraRSiW^ I IWat" flW c »»■■.•» Architects: Thorpe, Cutter, Pickmere, Douglas Gf Partners of Auckland. Services Consultants: W otley, Downey Muir and Associates of Auckland. Contractors: Hawkins Construction Ltd. of Hamilton. It's anchored with Waitomo ! At an altitude of 3126 ft., the new Mt. Te Aroha Television Transmitting Station will stand in the path oftremendous winds. The "cable foundations" for the tower Waitomo's complete were bored down to bedrock 40 ft. deep in the mountain. These are pre-stressed reliability is assured to the concrete tower foundation blocks, giving the four 400 ft. columns the modern Rotary Kiln manufacture and interanchorage to resist substantial upiift pressures and the strength to withstand nationally proved progales of 100 m.p.h. without the need for guy wires! duction techniques. Why was Waitomo the choice for this chalienging project? Because every single bag af Waitomo Portland Cement is guaranteed to surpass British and New Zealand Standard Specifications and complies with the A.S.T.M. |9H C.151 Autoclave Expansion Test. Waitomo has the technical backing of the world's llifc. - |j biggest cernenl producers— the Blue Circle Group. |r|P WAITOMO 1S1 7Z»&>y PORTLAND CEMENT
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Taupo Times, Volume XIV, Issue 58, 27 July 1965, Page 10
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264Page 10 Advertisements Column 1 Taupo Times, Volume XIV, Issue 58, 27 July 1965, Page 10
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