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Description

This image was taken for Photorama pictorial magazine and was published in the September 1960 edition.
Caption: “Watched by local residents a workman removes the thin, deceptive layer of tarseal on the approach to the bridge at Whakarongo, near Stoney Creek Road, after heavy rain had swollen the stream and caused a washout.”

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
2022-38
Date
September 1960
Digitisation ID
2022N_2022-38_P289_039459_003
Format
B&W negative
Held In
"Coolstore"

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