Mangaweka was originally a base for building two very large viaducts on the main trunk railway line – the Mangaweka viaduct, 48 metres high and 288 metres long; and the Makōhine, 72 metres high. Both were completed by 1904, and Mangaweka was a station in the backblocks until farming eventually became the reason for its existence.
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