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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 7, Issue 5 (September 1, 1932)

The Hamilton Railway Bridge

The Hamilton Railway Bridge.

In 1880, the Main Trunk line from Auckland had already reached Hamilton, and the iron-work for the great railway bridge across the Waikato River at this point had been ordered from England. This bridge was the railway key for the opening of the Thames Valley from the Waikato. September, 1883, saw the completion of this bridge, but in the meantime page 42 formation work had been pushed on across the easy, level country stretching towards Te Aroha. The main obstructions were patches of swamp land and the swing bridge across the Thames River at Te Aroha.