Blowing up Belmont railway viaduct

Click on photograph above to see a series of images showing the demolition of the Belmont railway viaduct by Territorial Army engineers on 15 December 1951.

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The North Island main trunk line

Keywords

wellington city

railways

1950s

Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library
References: All images are from the Evening Post Collection. 1 & 2. Ref 114/409/08-G; 3. Ref 114/409/9-G; 4 & 5. Ref 114/409/10-G;
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa must be obtained before any reuse of these images.

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'Blowing up Belmont railway viaduct', URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/interactive/belmont-viaduct-blowing-up, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 23-May-2023