Shown here are Dutch migrants, who arrived on the "Sibajick to Wellington" to work under contract to the New Zealand Railways, in order to help construct the Milson Railway deviation, that took the train station, yards and track out of the centre of Palmerston North. This picture was taken in the Palmerston North Railway Yard. Front row: Peter Koning; Will Van Der Put. Back Row: Oeter Schellvis; Andre Zentveld; Bill Terbrake; Frank Gerbich (from New Zealand); Hugo Muller; Bert Jansen; Peter Westerhuis; Phillip Lagewaard.

Dutch Railway Workers, Palmerston North Railway Yard
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Digitisation ID
- 2014N_R62_007826
- Title
- Dutch Railway Workers, Palmerston North Railway Yard
- Held In
- Coolstore
Creation
- Created By
- Unknown
- Place
- Main Street, Palmerston North
- Date
- 1952
Object rights
- Credit Line
- Palmerston North City Library
- License
- Attribution + NonCommercial
Taxonomy
- Community Tags
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