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Mr J Tennant had the suspension bridge built to serve his flaxmill situated on the Oroua River near Rangiotu. He sold the mill to R. Bell in 1912. Tennant's Flaxmill was out of the photograph to the left.

Identification

Object type
Image
Digitisation ID
2011N_Fx1_004623
Title
Suspension bridge across the Oroua River
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Fx1
Held In
Coolstore

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Creation

Created By
Place
Oroua, Horowhenua Region
Date
circa 1910

Object rights

Credit Line
Palmerston North City Library

Taxonomy

Tags
agriculture,
bridges and waterways,
flax industry,
mill,
photographs,
water,
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