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Description

The original Black Bridge was built by Poole and Klein in 1927, due to the tragic drowning of William F Brown, who tried to cross the river in flood after possum trapping. It is now owned by the Palmerston North City Council and the area is known as the Woodpecker Block.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
IMCA Digital Archive 2011
Date
circa 1930 to circa 1939
Digitisation ID
2011P_IMCA-DigitalLibrary_005605
Held In
"IMCA Digital Archive"

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bridges and waterways,
photographs,
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Related items

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Ashhurst Bridge after flood damage
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Canoeing down flooded street
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Flooded farmland near Palmerston North
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Pumping flood water
Construction of flood ditch
Almadale foot bridge, Cheltenham
Turitea Stream in flood