Anti-tank railway barrier

4 January 2021

According to Ian Hill of the Department of Conservation, this structure on the former Little River railway line was built during the Second World War as a means of preventing enemy tanks from using the line. The addition of metal rails would have forced a tank approaching from Birdlings Flat to divert into the marshy lowland on either side of the railway embankment.

Creator: Daisleys

Area: Banks Peninsula / Banks Peninsula Eastern Bays

Source: View in canterburystories.nz

Reference ID: CCL-DW-131681

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