Mole Ploughing 1939

Hawke’s Bay Electric Power Board members inspecting a new cable-laying machine at work near Hastings, 1939

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From Hawke’s Bay Daily Mail, 1939 –
“‘MODERN METHODS . – Hawke’s Bay Electric Power Board members inspect the new cable laying machine at work near Hastings. This machine digs a 2 ft trench and lays a cable at the same time while steadily moving forward at a slow pace. The cable drum weighs five tons.”

Photo taken for newspaper article
Machine from Siemens Brothers, London

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Hawke's Bay Electric Power Board

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1939

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72/73/16642

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