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Kōrero: Bush trams and other log transport

Wooden trestle viaduct

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Wooden trestle viaduct

In steep country, large wooden viaducts were sometimes needed to support bush tramways. Among the more remarkable was the Mangatukutuku Viaduct in the King Country. It was some 30 metres high and allowed trams to haul logs to the mill at Ōngarue.

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: AAQA 6497 Tu9

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Paul Mahoney, Bush trams and other log transport – Curves, trestles and inclines, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/12244/wooden-trestle-viaduct (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Paul Mahoney, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.