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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 9, Issue 4 (July 2, 1934.)

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Among the Books 37–38
Editorial—Travel Promotion 5
Famous New Zealanders 17–19
Famous New Zealand Trials 24–27
General Manager's Message 8
How Christchurch Got Its Name 31
Locomotive Development in N.Z. 21–23
Lord Bledisloe's Address at the Auckland Travel Club Luncheon 9–12
Main Trunk Viaduct Story, No. 2 (photos) 4
New Zealand Songs 6–7
New Zealand Verse 33
Our London Letter 13–15
Our Women's Section 43–45
Pictures of New Zealand Life 28
Rotorua Re-discovered 47–48
The Big Blow and the Distant Drum 34–35
The World's Aristocrat 30
Tura Tura Mokai 41

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Main Trunk Viaduct Story, No. 2. Told By The Camera. The Makatote Viaduct, height 260ft., length of span 860ft. The Hapuawhenua Viaduct, height 147ft., length of span 932ft. These two viaducts permit the rail-crossing of the deep gorges traversing the plateau below Ruapehu, and their construction (a sequel to that of Makohine and Mangaweka, further south) was a prime factor in the final spurt of achievement by which the engineers completed the Main Trunk Railway in difficult country, much of it above 2000 feet. Makotote is the tallest viaduct on the Main Trunk. Just as the great steel fabrics are triumphs of constructive science, the deep silent gorges that they subdue are marvels of Nature's architecture. Herein one sees at a glance the ceaseless war between river and railway-builder.

Main Trunk Viaduct Story, No. 2. Told By The Camera.
The Makatote Viaduct, height 260ft., length of span 860ft.
The Hapuawhenua Viaduct, height 147ft., length of span 932ft.
These two viaducts permit the rail-crossing of the deep gorges traversing the plateau below Ruapehu, and their construction (a sequel to that of Makohine and Mangaweka, further south) was a prime factor in the final spurt of achievement by which the engineers completed the Main Trunk Railway in difficult country, much of it above 2000 feet. Makotote is the tallest viaduct on the Main Trunk. Just as the great steel fabrics are triumphs of constructive science, the deep silent gorges that they subdue are marvels of Nature's architecture. Herein one sees at a glance the ceaseless war between river and railway-builder.

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