This Day in History: 1963-06-23

It was reported that the Windmill Hill Cutting, between Toodyay and Northam, was being constructed by Leighton Contractors Ltd. for the Standard Gauge Railway. It was the deepest cutting (34 m.) of the railway.

Sources:
Sunday times, 23 June 1963, p.25.
Toodyay herald, Feb. 2005, p.32;
Wikipedia: ‘Windmill Hill Cutting’ (viewed on 14 June 2021):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windmill_Hill_Cutting