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Last week in New Zealand, an M-K crew broke through the last rock barrier 14 months ahead of schedule to finish a great, 5½-mile railroad tunnel in the rugged Rimutaka Mountains. By M-K standards, it was a small-scale operation, costing only about $7,000,000. But on the record, it was one of the world's longest railroad tunnels and one of the greatest construction feats in New Zealand history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONSTRUCTION: The Earth Mover | 5/3/1954 | See Source »

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