Reverse reads:
Manawatū Gorge Road Bridge.
Showing moveable staging and moveable bridge, used during repairs.
Robt McGonagle 1891 [signed]
Main span 162 ft. retrussed without supports from river bed
Total length of bridge 437 ft.
ALterations and staging designed by self and approved of by Dept
E Hall, Photographer, Woddville [stamp on back]
