In 1935 five men with picks, shovels and wheelbarrows began piercing the Darran Mountain Range, beginning the creation of a …
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Auckland’s comprehensive motorway network had its genesis in the 1950s. At almost 90 kilometres long, the system contains more than …
A & G Price Limited in Thames has the largest foundry in the country. It’s New Zealand’s premier heavy engineering …
This water tower was one of New Zealand’s first reinforced concrete structures and is the only significant remnant of the …
At Molesworth Station, Marlborough, stands a picturesque suspension bridge that was designed and built by Canterbury University engineering students in …
Completed in 1964, Hamilton Rail Bridge, Waikato River, was constructed alongside its late 19th Century predecessor. It was a challenging …
Initially known as Waiau Stream Viaduct, this is one of six major viaducts on the Napier-Gisborne Railway, which was completed …
This line was a major feat of engineering, built through very difficult terrain and generally weak tertiary geological conditions. It …
The Cobden Railway Bridge (Bridge 1 Rapahoe) was demolished in mid-2006. The structure crossed the Grey River and had been …
Completed in 1971, Manapouri Power Station is an underground power station on the west arm of Lake Manapouri in the …
The Driving Creek Railway at Coromandel is the result of 32 years of innovative development by potter, Barry Brickell. The …
The connection of Cambridge to Leamington and Te Awamutu was an important link in the early roading system. The first …
The Barmac aggregate impact crusher was invented by Jim MacDonald when he was Deputy City Engineer, Wellington. In the 1970s …
By the mid-1920s it was clear that the power stations at Lake Coleridge and Waipori were not going to keep …
When opened in 1937, this railway station was New Zealand’s largest building and one of the first seismic proofed structures …
