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The Wellington Manawatu Railway Company Limited constructed the rail line between Wellington and Palmerston, opened in 1886, and ran it until they sold it to the Government in 1908.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
CA: Petersen Papers, Public Photograph Collection R 28
Date
circa 1890 to circa 1899
Digitisation ID
2014N_R28_007813
Held In
Coolstore

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Creation

Created By
Place
Manawatu

Object rights

License
No Known Restrictions

Taxonomy

Tags
photographs,
r 28,
railway,
railways,
ridge,
transportation,
vista,
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Train Derailment in the Manawatu Gorge
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