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Kōrero: Bridges and tunnels

Fixing a bridge

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Fixing a bridge

Engineers from Linton army camp begin restoration work on a truss bridge in the Reikorangi valley in 1995. The bridge was built in 1913, probably of tōtara, and – as with many such bridges – the wood had begun to rot.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1995/4317/5

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Jock Phillips, Bridges and tunnels – Types of bridges, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/23636/fixing-a-bridge (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Jock Phillips, i tāngia i te 10 March 2010, updated 1 August 2024.