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.
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Upper Manawatu Gorge bridge and settlement
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Date
- 1880s
- Digitisation ID
- 2007N_Go5_EPN_0268
- Held In
- Coolstore