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Description

A punt operated from from 1871 to 1886 when the first wooden bridge across the river was built. The photograph is looking towards the Tararua Ranges. People identified as Mrs Septuagesima Shailer and her children, and ferryman William Allwright of Opiki.

Identification

Object type
Image
Date
1884
Digitisation ID
2007N_Ash3_EPN_0251
Held In
"Coolstore"

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ferry,
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