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A drawing by J T Stewart who was the District Engineer of the Public Works Department. Drawing shows construction of the road through the Manawatu Gorge. Entitled "Manawatu Gorge. Commencement of Road - looking up Gorge from westward", and is signed J T S May 1871. The drawing is in pencil and water colour. Drawn on paper measuring 19.5 x 17 cm, and held in an unvarnished wooden frame.

Identification

Object type
Object Image
Archive
J T Stewart
Relation
J T Stewart Series 2
Date
May 1871
Digitisation ID
2018Pa_Stewart-S2-I6_025456
Format
Paper
Held In
"Community Archives"

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Taxonomy

Tags
artists,
drawings,
engineers,
manawatū gorge,
roading,
stewart, john tiffin,
surveyors,
te āpiti,
transport,
water,
watercolours,
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