
Timber Groynes, Manawatu River
- Description
This photo shows the timber groynes built by the Palmerston North Borough Council in an attempt to prevent riverbank erosion, c 1909-1910. The river moved south-westward at at this bend between the 1890s and the 1940s and serious erosion took place.
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Date
- circa 1909
- Digitisation ID
- 2014N_St30_008742
- Held In
- Coolstore