The original road-rail bridge over the Manawatu River built c1891, to service the Wairarapa rail line. A new rail bridge was built in 1949 and this bridge continued use as a road bridge until c1965.
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Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Date
- circa 1925
- Digitisation ID
- 2007N_Wo11_RTL_0922
- Held In
- Coolstore
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Creation
- Created By
- S M Nairn
- Place
- Palmerston North
Object rights
- License
- No Known Restrictions
Taxonomy
- Community Tags
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