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A view of Main Street from the Hopwood Clock Tower during the early 1960s.

The cleared construction site was to be used for Palmerston North's new 3-storey library on the corner of Main Street and The Square, opposite the Post Office. Construction of the new library was completed in 1965 and opened on 4 November 1965.

Identification

Object type
Image
Digitisation ID
2019P_2012-70_026861
Title
View of Main Street from the Hopwood Clock Tower
Format
Colour print
Held In
IMCA Digital Archive

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Creation

Created By
Place
The Square, Palmerston North
Date
circa July 1963

Object rights

Credit Line
Palmerston North City Library
License
By Attribution Alone

Taxonomy

Tags
1960s,
colour,
main street,
post office,
public library,
railway tracks,
the square,
watson brothers,
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