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Corkscrew railway

Corkscrew railway

Photographed in 1923, this section of the Taupo Totara Timber Company line was known as ‘the corkscrew’. The track climbed more than 300 metres to the Wau Wau saddle, south of Putaruru.

About this item

Alexander Turnbull Library, A. P. Godber Collection
Reference: APG-1260-1/2; G
Photograph by Albert Percy Godber

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

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Paul Mahoney. 'Bush trams and other log transport', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 25-Sep-11
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/bush-trams-and-other-log-transport/5/1