Main Trunk Viaduct Story, No. I. Told By The Camera.
The Makohine Viaduct, 750ft. long and 240ft. high.
The Mangaweka Viaduct, 940ft. long and 154ft. high.
The Makohine and Mangaweka viaducts are crossed by the Main Trunk train in a matter of seconds, but they took years to build, and in the early portion of this century Parliament had the task of finding large sums to prevent delay on these key works from hindering the northward extension of the railway. All eyes then were concentrated on the line of steel crawling up the valley of the Rangitikei, whose great papa bluffs loom in the photograph. These giant viaducts should be more than merely accepted by us to-day. They are achievements of the highest credit to their generation.