Leader River

The Leader River is a river in the

Waiau River, which it meets near Parnassus. Numerous smaller watercourses join the Leader River, including the Hookhamsnyvy Creek

.

In the 1910s, the

Marlborough region. Between 1912 and 1914, roughly 3 kilometres (2 mi) of track was laid northwards from Parnassus up the Leader River's valley, a few more kilometres of formation was made, and work began on a bridge over the Leader River. However, the outbreak of World War I brought a halt to construction, and when work resumed on building the railway, a more easterly route out of Parnassus was chosen. Nonetheless, a pier from the never-completed Leader River bridge continues to stand in the river.^[1]

External links

Photo of the Leader River railway bridge under construction.

References

^ Patrick Dunford, "Parnassus & Leader Section SIMT MNL" Archived 2007-10-08 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 12 November 2007.

42°44′S 173°18′E / 42.733°S 173.300°E / -42.733; 173.300

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[1] Patrick Dunford, "Parnassus & Leader Section SIMT MNL" Archived 2007-10-08 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 12 November 2007.

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