Erection of steel towers in the rugged bush-clad country of the Otira Gorge.1937.

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Description- A view from the top of a tower, 385ft. Above the camp on the Otira Gorge Road

Great engineering feat involved in the erection of steel towers in the rugged bush-clad country of the Otira Gorge
End of Wallace point bridge in bottom left corner.

- 17/11/1937
- Original Newspaper Clipping, published in The Weekly News
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Madon Collections.Date of Photo1937Map^[1]External LinkMadon CollectionsContributor Richard Wooders

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Location (city or town)OtiraLandmark (Place)Otira GorgeWallace point bridgeEventErection of steel towers in the rugged bush-clad country of the Otira Gorge.

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Date Created6th April 2019CommentsSha Un Was candys bridge ever a trussed bridge? I thought the bridge in photo may have been Wallace point but pilon is on wrong side of river down there. Must be the pillon opposite candys bridge??

Jessie Guy A great engineering feat and a brave man to live in those workers' huts

Peter Kerr End of Wallace point bridge in bottom left corner.

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Erection of steel towers in the rugged bush-clad country of the Otira Gorge.1937.

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