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Description

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.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
IMCA Digital Archive 2011
Date
1941
Digitisation ID
2011P_IMCA-DigitalLibrary_005582
Held In
"IMCA Digital Archive"

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bridges and waterways,
bush,
photographs,
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