Raurimu Spiral

"a masterpiece of engineering" consisting of a single-track railway spiral overcoming a 139-metre (456 ft) height difference on the North Island Main Trunk Railway, New Zealand
Place spiral Q2133461
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Raurimu Spiral

Summary

Raurimu Spiral is a spiral[1]. It draws 47 Wikipedia views per month (spiral category, ranking #2 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • Raurimu Spiral is located in Ruapehu District[3].
  • Raurimu Spiral is in the country of New Zealand[4].
  • Raurimu Spiral's route map is recorded as Raurimu Spiral map.png[5].
  • Raurimu Spiral's image is recorded as Raurimu Railway Spiral from Helicopter - panoramio.jpg[6].
  • Raurimu Spiral's instance of is recorded as spiral[7].
  • Raurimu Spiral's Commons category is recorded as Raurimu Spiral[8].
  • Raurimu Spiral's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -39.12083333, 'lon': 175.40138889}[9].
  • Raurimu Spiral's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04mb2s[10].
  • Raurimu Spiral's heritage designation is recorded as Heritage New Zealand Category 1 historic place listing[11].
  • Raurimu Spiral's GeoNames ID is recorded as 6224921[12].
  • Raurimu Spiral's New Zealand Heritage List number is recorded as 7588[13].
  • Raurimu Spiral's route diagram template is recorded as Template:Raurimu Spiral[14].
  • Raurimu Spiral's New Zealand Gazetteer place ID is recorded as 38165[15].

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Geography

Raurimu Spiral is in the country of New Zealand[4]. It is located in Ruapehu District[3].

Designation and Status

Raurimu Spiral's instance of is recorded as spiral[7]. Its heritage designation is recorded as Heritage New Zealand Category 1 historic place listing[11].

Why It Matters

Raurimu Spiral draws 47 Wikipedia views per month (spiral category, ranking #2 of 4).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . heritage.org.nz. heritage.org.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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