More Info →Construction of Fitzroy Park

Description

Workmen are constructing the children's pool in Memorial Park at Terrace End (formerly called Fitzroy Park). The Palmerston North City Council purchased the site in 1938 and developed it into a recreational and sporting area. A memorial to citizens killed in World War Two (WWII) was erected and in 1954 Fitzroy Park was officially dedicated as Memorial Park. As the obelisk was removed 1983 the gates are now the official memorial. Note the railway lines in the foreground, from when the line ran out of the city via Main Street, before the Milson deviation took it to the outskirts.

Identification

Object type

Image

Date

circa 1939

Digitisation ID

2007N_P5_RES_0135

Held In

Coolstore