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This photograph ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard on 19 February 1973 with the caption, "It looked like a case of "if Mohammed wouldn't go to the mountain, the mountain ad to go to Mohammed" when St John's Presbyterian Church, Palmerston North, was moved on Saturday. The Church wants to get closer to its parishioners, most of whom are now in the Highbury area, so it was moved by a Whanganui firm from Nikau Street to Brentwood Avenue. City Council staff lifted power and telephone lines along Featherston Street as the 26ft high building moved along. It took about three hours for the church to reach the new site where it will be renovated and extended."

Identification

Object type
Image
Archive
Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection
Relation
2017-20
Date
February 1973
Digitisation ID
2017N_2017-20_019879
Format
B&W negative
Held In
Other

Creation

Created By
Place
Featherston Street, Palmerston North

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Taxonomy

Community Tags
church,
engineering,
highbury,
petrol,
petrol station,
religion,
truck,

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