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Description

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 27th February 1963. "These scouts are seen putting the finishing touches to a bridge made by the boys with only the use of ropes and manuka trees. This was one of the efforts displayed at Terrace End Park on Saturday."

Identification

Object type
Image
Archive
Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection
Relation
2017-20
Date
February 1963
Digitisation id
2017N_2017-20_017567
Format
B&W negative
Held In
"IMCA Digital Archive"

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Piledriver for Construction of the second Fitzherbert Bridge

Taxonomy

Tags
boy scouts,
bridges,
construction,
manawatū evening standard,
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Related items

"30-Mile Tramp"
"Many Hands Make Light Work" [Bottle Collection]
"Floodwater Damaged Bridge"
"Great Life for Boys at Scout Camp" Crossing a Monkey Bridge
"New Telephone Cable For Linton" [Fitzherbert Bridge]
"Bridge Building - All in a Day's Work for Army"
View of the Fitzherbert Bridge
Construction of the Southermost Arch of the Fitzherbert Bridge - view from the riverbed
The Boxing and Scaffolding for one of the Arches of the Fitzherbert Bridge
The Boxing and Scaffolding for one of the Arches of the Fitzherbert Bridge
Construction of the second Fitzherbert Bridge, next to the original structure
Piledriver for Construction of the second Fitzherbert Bridge