An official of the Railway Department inspected each load of sleepers at the Ashhurst Railway Station and 4 shillings and sixpence was paid for each sleeper that was accepted. The photograph was taken a few chains south-west of Opawe Road. The sleepers were cut from Crown Land (part of the Totara Reserve), in bush which had been partly damaged by fire two years prior. The men in this photo are (from left): Sam Lane, George Wagstaff, Ernest Wagstaff (sitting), unknown.
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Sledging Railway Sleepers from Bush to Opawe Road, Pohangina Valley
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Date
- circa 1904
- Digitisation ID
- 2014N_Ti11_009112
- Held In
- Coolstore
Creation
- Created By
- Charles E Wildbore
- Place
- Pohangina Valley
Object rights
- License
- No Known Restrictions
Taxonomy
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