Sunday, 30 December 2018

Manawapou Viaduct Washout, March 1966

Temporary repairs to the Manawapou Viaduct after a March 1966 flood. The bridge was fully repaired about three years later.

Source: http://newzealandrailwaymodels.blogspot.com/2015/03/nz120-wooden-trestle-bridge.html

Manawapou Viaduct Replacement 1914: SATISFACTORY TEST OF A NEW VIADUCT ON THE WELLINGTON-NEW PLYMOUTH RAILWAY: THREE ENGINES, WEIGHING 190 TONS, ON THE MOKOIA BRIDGE.

Both the old and new viaducts are shown in this picture.

Source: Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, AWNS-19140514-44-2

Whenuakura? Bridge on the Marton New Plymouth Line

Although I have no information with this photo to show where it was taken, the layout matches the Whenuakura Bridge replacement structure (the original was shown in the previous post). The original structure being washed out in a flood in 1922 was reinstated as a temporary measure, and full replacement was undertaken in 1930.