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Airport Runway Inspected
Members of the Joint Aerodrome Committee, which is made up of representatives from district local bodies, inspected the progress on the new 4300ft long, 150ft wide, sealed runway now under construction at Darton Field.
The committee watched heavy machinery at work excavating an unstable portion of reclaimed swamp at the northern end of the field, and also inspected the concrete slit drains which border the runway.
Members of the committee and contractors watch machinery at work. From left: Messrs P. Fisher, M. Newman (both M.O.W. engineers), H. H. Barker (chairman of committee), D. C. Dymock (chairman Waikohu C.C.), J. D. C. Willmott (Uawa county clerk), N. Thompson, A. R. McCreedy (both Manawatu Asphalts), R. C. Parker (chairman Cook C.C.).
Messrs A. R. McCreedy, M. E. Lynch, and D. C. Dymock discuss technical aspects of the slit drains
M.O.W. senior engineer, Mr P. Fisher, explains principle of drain to town clerk, Mr W. Hudson.
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An aerial view of runway construction at the southern end of the field, with the Gisborne-Napier railway line running across the picture and the Matawhero road in the foreground.
Lloyd Cornish
Lake Darton.....a boat rests on the shore of Darton Field's new lake while a dragline excavates the last of the 30,000 cubic yards of spoil which has been removed from the "soft spot" at the northern end of the runway.
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