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This image come from the papers of John Tiffin Stewart (1827-1913) a surveyor and engineer. Locally, he surveyed the Te Ahu Turanga Block (purchased from Rangitāne). He also laid out the townships of Foxton and Palmerston North. He planned the construction of the road through the Manawatū Gorge, as well as the tramway between Foxton and Palmerston North. Stewart and his wife Frances Ann (née Carkeek) had five sons and five daughters.

The image is reproduced from a copy negative, made from photographs that Stewart's granddaughter lent to the Palmerston North Public Library in 1982 for copying.

Identification

Object type
Image
Content type
Image > B+W negative
Identifier
2024N_JTStewart-8-Env1-3.1_042925
Archive
J T Stewart
Relation
CA: J T Stewart, Series 8, Envelope 1
Date
circa 1900
Digitisation ID
2024N_JTStewart-8-Env1-3.1_042925
Format
B&W negative
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Taxonomy

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engineers,
families,
foxton township,
manawatū gorge,
palmerston township,
papaiōea,
rangitāne,
road construction,
stewart, frances ann,
stewart, john tiffin,
surveyors,
te ahu a tūranga,
te āpiti,
tramways,
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