James Burtton built this bridge over the Tokomaru Stream to improve his farm access. It later collapsed and dropped him into the stream resulting in his death 15 March 1941.
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Burtton's swing bridge, Kahuterawa
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Relation
- IMCA Digital Archive 2011
- Date
- 1941
- Digitisation ID
- 2011P_IMCA-DigitalLibrary_005582
- Held In
- IMCA Digital Archive
Creation
- Created By
- Unknown
- Place
- Kahuterawa, Manawatu
Object rights
- License
- No Known Restrictions
Taxonomy
- Community Tags