Projects from 1948 to 1970

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The list below details drilling projects that Gordon Griffiths personally worked on from 1948 in North Wales, United Kingdom and from 1950 in New Zealand:

  • UK quarry drilling and blasting, North Wales (1948 – 1950)
  • Waitaki Dam (1950 – 1953)
  • Roxborough Dam
  • Cobb Valley Dam
  • Littleton Container Terminal
  • Lewis Pass Bridges
  • Waikato River Dams (Wharepapa, Mangakino, Whakamaru, Atiamuri and Aratiatia dams)
  • Wairakei Geothermal Power (1950 – 1953)
  • Tongariro Power Investigation
  • Northern Outlet Motorway – Auckland
  • Fanshaw Street Flyover

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