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Shown here is the settlement near the bridge on the Woodville side of the Manawatu Gorge, looking back towards Woodville. The photograph is taken after the construction of the telegraph line in 1879-1880. A coach and team of horses are travelling over the bridge to Palmerston North.

Identification

Object type
Image
Date
1880s
Digitisation ID
2007N_Go5_EPN_0268
Held In
"Coolstore"

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early palmerston north,
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settlement,
transport,
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