Meet The Great OZ!

Posted on May 15, 2015 by bob

Yup, we met the Great Oz, the man behind the curtain that controls the drawbridge in Whangarei.

We were out for a walk, got down to the draw-bridge and Ann said; "Let's see if the bridge guy will let us in and show us around!"  Well, couldn't hurt I thought.  "OK, you go first!"

To my amazement, "Tom" let us in and agreed to show us how the draw-bridge here in Whangarei works!

Here's Tom and his control board. What a nice guy - we had a great chat.
"...of course Tom, here's how I would do this..."
It's a real feeling of power. As the bridge goes up, in no time cars are backed up all the way down to the roundabout.

 

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  1. Carol on May 15, 2015 at 8:21 PM

    I always thought it was odd putting the control room where there was no view of the river. Now I know why it's not a problem - web cams!

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