Today Mrs Anderson's Inquiry group collaborated with Yvonne and the research team from the Augmented Human Lab at Auckland University. My group started off with the Magic Window which was an interactive activity. What I have learnt from this was that back in the days before the Panmure Bridge was built people used punts to get across the Tamaki River, did they paddle across? No, because people used special chains that helped the people in the punt. Usually people took too long to pull the long and rusty chains because their hands would weaken and get tired of physically pulling themselves across to the other side. After all that the people said that the chains are rusting and the boats are breaking down. Finally the mayor said that there should be a bridge constructed. The bridge was constructed using wood, steel and piles. The piles were used to strengthen the bridge deck. The wood was used because there was no such thing as heavy metal or cast iron and the steel, the steel that made the bridge swing open came from Sydney, Australia. It had come already made which made it easy to bolt onto the bridge. Our group was very lucky to have an opportunity to participate in this unique research.
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