Making the Inangahua Rail cutting 1927 PHOTO ALBUM

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DescriptionThe Inanahua Railway cutting was made in 1927. John Francis Coghlan had the contract, family members were employed on this job, the work was carried out by hand with picks and shovels, and a horse drawn wagon on rails, with the excavated material being used to form the railway embankment on the Reefton side of the bridge. From book "Potatoes to Pavlova - A Coghlan Family History" by John E. Coghlan.
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Horse and wagon at Coghlan's cutting, J.J. Coghlan at right, 1927Date of Photo1909Map^[1]ContributorColleen Yee

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Location (city or town)ReeftonLandmark (Place)Inangahua Rail cutting Organisation (eg business)Making the Inangahua Rail cutting 1927

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Making the Inangahua Rail cutting 1927 *PHOTO ALBUM*

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Making the Inangahua Rail cutting 1927 PHOTO ALBUM