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Here the Dittmer brothers are loading rock which was being taken to be spread on Scotts Road, to improve the qualiity of the road. Henry Dittmer farmed cattle and sheep at Kahuterawa c1904-1920, with his four sons, Herman, John, Henry and William. A Government grant enabled the road to be improved, and it was hoped to join Kahuterawa and Scotts Road. When the original contractor gave up it was taken over by henry Dittmer and his sons.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
IMCA Digital Archive 2011
Date
circa 1915
Digitisation ID
2011P_IMCA-DigitalMaster_005598
Held In
"IMCA Digital Archive"

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hill top road,
motu rimu,
moturimu,
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Making of Scotts Road, Kahuterawa
Henry Dittmer transporting a wool bale
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Dittmer brothers sawing timber, Kahuterawa
Henry Dittmer in horse and cart, fording the stream at Black Bridge
The Dittmer brothers taking a lunch break
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