The yanks wanted to bridge the gorge during WW2 as an exercise for the boys, believed the Govt turned it down. They did the conc road from Napier to Hastings I believe?
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The yanks wanted to bridge the gorge during WW2 as an exercise for the boys, believed the Govt turned it down. They did the conc road from Napier to Hastings I believe?
:ORLY: Fark I love these urban legends.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maca49
There are so many of them
Wainuiomata Tunnel
Rimutaka Rd Tunnel
SH1 welly to Jafa land 4 lanes
Mt Messenger
Transmission Gully
MT Victoria
and of course Manawatu Gorge.
Even if theyre not true they still get repeated as fact :thumbsup:
@Reindeer There was a big camp down Andersen road in Carterton, I managed Fletchers mill, the old Booth mill, there in the 80s. When they left they pushed all their gear into a hole and buried it, we had a few 44 gallon drums marked USA in the mill. There was a fuel dump at the end of Greytown where the road forks to Featherston and Martinborough, my old man and his brother in law nearly got caught pinching petrol from there one night, dad drove the Featherston straights with no headlight on to get away. My mum used to tell me of a rolled jeep at pee point on the Rimutakas, where she and dad stopped to assist, the GIs were OK and they helped dad get all of the petrol from the jeep into his Austin Seven before their retrieval gang arrived.
The ironic thought I had is that 50 years ago a County Council Overseer would have been instructed to blast it down no waiting for it too move no Site Safety / Health & Safety site plan. A couple of boxes of gelly and problems solved.
@Bonecrusher, tend to agree, my first recollection of going through the gorge would have been the late 50s early 60s, Thats a long time ago and it was there long before that, The Ashurst end must have been bridged in the Depression? When they did things like that for employment, such as the long bridge over the Manawatu at Foxton, I remember when they straightened the Ballance end, maybe the 70s? Have we just become soft cocks? Tip the slip into the river, dam it and put in another Hydro to compliment the wind farms?
I believe the Wainu is correct, The Rimutaka road was not going to be tunneled, but run up the valley with a few short tunnels, The 4 way highway was a bit ambitious I think, Mount Messenger Mount Vic I dont know. Now you say Urban Legends? But I've known about these for 50-60 yrs so there's doubt!!??? cause my mum and dad and grandparents never told porkys!!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Reindeer