Crowds gather for the opening of the new Ashhurst Bridge was opened 9 June 1909 by His Excellency the Governor General. The former bridge was washed away in the 1895 flood. Due to a dispute about the funding of a new bridge, a punt was used to ferry vehicles and people across the Manawatu River 1895-1909. This bridge was replaced by a concrete structure in 1969.
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Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Date
- circa 1909
- Digitisation ID
- 2009N_Ash27_ASH_2244
- Held In
- Coolstore
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- Unknown
- Place
- Ashhurst, Manawatu
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