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Description

The back of this photograph reads, "The track gang who worked on the Milson Deviation. A.E.L. 24/7/59". Work began on the deviation of the railway line to the outskirts of Palmerston North in 1926 but it was not completed until 1959.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Wh 20
Date
1959
Digitisation ID
2014N_Wh20_009189
Held In
Coolstore

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labour,
men,
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trains,
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