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Makatote River
The Makatote River is a river of the centre of New Zealand's North Island. It flows west from the slopes of Mount Ruapehu, and from the Hauhungatahi Wilderness Area, before entering rough hill country, veering southwest and entering a gorge cut almost into the volcanic rocks. It joins with the waters of several smaller streams to become the Manganui o te Ao River, part of the Whanganui River system. The river is part of a water conservation order catchment to protect indigenous fish including lamprey, longfinned eel, short-finned eel, common smelt, banded kokopu, short-jawed kokopu, koaro, torrentfish, redfinned bully, common bully, and Cran's bully. Trees in the gorge include rimu, matai and maire. The main trees logged were rimu, matai, kahikatea, totara and miro. The lowest of the river is monitored for its whio population. A proposal to create a track to Te Kohatu waterfall was rejected as being inappropriate for a wilderness area. The river is spanned by the third ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makatote Viaduct
The Makatote Viaduct (Bridge 179) takes the North Island Main Trunk, North Island Main Trunk railway (NIMT) across the Makatote River. It is from Wellington, at the foot of Mount Ruapehu, Ruapehu, in northern Manawatū-Whanganui (central North Island), between Erua railway station, Erua and Pokaka railway station, Pokaka. It was built between 1905 and 1908 for the New Zealand Ministry of Works, Public Works Department (PWD), who passed it to New Zealand Railways Department (NZR) in 1909. When built it was tallest, and is now the third tallest, viaduct in New Zealand, the higher ones being the 1981 Mangaweka deviation, North Rangitikei , further south on the North Island Main Trunk, NIMT, and 1937 Mohaka Viaduct, Mohaka viaduct , on the Palmerston North–Gisborne Line, Gisborne line. Design and construction Like most of the other NIMT viaducts, Makatote was designed by Peter Seton Hay, later PWD Engineer-in-Chief. Span (engineering), Spans 1, 2, 3, 9 and 10 are steel Plate g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
