Aerial tramway, Manawatu Gorge
Object type
Image
- Description
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Before the bridge at the eastern end of the Manawatu Gorge was completed in 1875, coach passengers had to complete their journey by aerial cage. This cage was suspended seventy feet above the river by a wire rope. Passengers would then continue their journey in another coach waiting for them on the other side. This is a stereoscopic image.
Identification
- Relation
- CA: Shailer Collection (Coolstore)
- Date
- circa 1870 to circa 1875
- Digitisation id
- 2011G_Go84_004883
- Held in
- Coolstore
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Creation
- Created By
- George W Shailer
- Place
- Palmerston North
Object rights
- License
- No Known Restrictions