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The Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company was a private railway company that built, owned and operated the line between Thorndon in Wellington and Longburn, near Palmerston North in the Manawatu, between 1881 and 1908. New Zealand Railways Photograph Library.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Ot 1
Date
circa 1888
Digitisation ID
2011P_Ot1_006141
Held In
Coolstore

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Creation

Created By
Place
Otaki, Horowhenua Region

Object rights

License
No Known Restrictions

Taxonomy

Tags
bridges and waterways,
photographs,
train,
transport,
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Related items

Locomotive hauling flax to Miranui Flaxmill, near Shannon
Wellington Manawatu Railway Company Class "H" engine and crew, Thorndon, Wellington
Pedestrians on the Cook Street Foot Bridge
Family Waiting for a Train, Palmerston North Station
Train derailment, Manawatu Gorge
Palmeston North Railway Station, Main Street
Bunnythorpe Railway Station and Hotel
Last train through The Square
Palmerston North Railway Station, Main Street
Railway Station, The Square
Foxton Railway Station
Otaki Railway Bridge