NEW LANDMARKS FOR CANTERBURY.

Radio Record, Volume VI, Issue 51, 30 June 1933, Page 4

NEW LANDMARKS FOR CANTERBURY.

3YAs New Masts Will Be 200fc. Higher Than 2K S. WELLINGTONIANS are familiar with the soaring masts of 2YA rising from the 650ft. spur of Mount Victoria. Those masts are 150ft. high, but they will be completely dwarfed by the masts that are being erected for the new 3YA on the 800ft. ridge of Gebbie’s Pass. These masts will soar up to 350ft. and, like 2YA’s structures, will be built of steel lattice work. With that height and weight the foundations are of supreme importance, as proper anchorage to resist the piping sou'westers that roar up from the South Pole will certainly be required -while the nor’westers that career over the Canterbury Plains are also to be considered, The contractors are now busily occupied with the foun-~ dation work for the main struts and anchors, and soon a new Jandmark will rear its impressive height.