[6] The 154 acres (62 ha) for the Waiteti section of the railway was acquired under the Public Works Act in 1888, apparently without payment.

As the NIMT was extended south, the same firm later built the Makatote, Mangaturuturu, and Manganui-o-te-ao viaducts.

The wrought iron parts were made in a foundry set up by Anderson in Te Kuiti, then riveted on site.

The concrete piers had reached about 60 ft (18 m) , when war put an end to the work, which didn't resume until 1926.

They arrived in parts at Te Kuiti, where an Ingersoll-Rand air plant machine was used to rivet the 19.5 ton girders.