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This photograph is stored with the caption, "City Council Workmen repairing a storm water drain on the corner of Park Road and Fitzherbert Avenue. It was necessary to dig down to a depth of 14 ft. to uncover the drain which is understood to be the first sewer installed in the Fitzherbert Avenue area."

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Digital Photograph Collection, with no hardcopy held
Date
October 26, 1956
Digitisation ID
2014N_IMCA-DigitalMaster_010065
Held In
Coolstore

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labour,
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roadworks,
shovel,
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