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Board initiated a reclamation project that included an area reaching out to
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workshops for locomotive maintenance. It was reported on 21 July 1916 that work on the new workshops was well underway, and the new buildings were ready for use towards the end of the year. They included a timber drying shed, a wood mill, a carriage and wagon shop, a lifting shop, a blacksmiths' shop, a tarpaulin shop and a trimming shop.
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in the South Island, but that the sites of the two main workshops in the North Island, at
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