No. 8 Tunnel and block making shed, Blakiston.
Caption: No. 8 Tunnel and block making shed, Blakiston.
Description: Construction on the Midland Railway Line. The first of the smaller bridges beyond Staircase is at Blakiston's, its length being 38 feet. At Blakiston's was situated a manufactory of the concrete blocks used in lining the tunnels. The gravel was sluiced from the hillside in the vicinity and carried along a race. At the delivery end, the large gravel was separated from the smaller gravel. As at October 1904, concrete foundations had been finished for the bridge.
Related information: Refer to article on p. 36, 38, 30 and 40 of The weekly press, 19 October 1904.
Source: The weekly press, 19 Oct. 1904, p. 38
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