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Description

This major engineering project took nine years to complete at a cost of $17,000,000. Pictured from left: Engine Driver Des Manaton, the PM Mr Muldoon, locomotive assistant Bryce Cameron (above) and guar Mat Pita.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection R 21
Date
1981
Digitisation ID
2014P_R21_007565
Held In
"Coolstore"

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