Skip to Content
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

Related items

Bullock team on Heatherlea Road, Levin
Looking Across The Square to Coleman Place
Ernie and Les Davis, hunting at Hill Top, Fitzherbert West
Eastern end of the Manawatu Gorge
Early Homestead
First Turitea Dam
Manawatū Gorge
Manawatū Gorge
Manawatū Gorge
Access to Kahuterawa Valley
Eastern end of the Manawatu Gorge
Tree Ferns, Victoria Esplanade

Taxonomy

Tags
bridges and waterways,
bush,
photographs,
Community Tags

Report a problem

Related items

Bullock team on Heatherlea Road, Levin
Looking Across The Square to Coleman Place
Ernie and Les Davis, hunting at Hill Top, Fitzherbert West
Eastern end of the Manawatu Gorge
Early Homestead
First Turitea Dam
Manawatū Gorge
Manawatū Gorge
Manawatū Gorge
Access to Kahuterawa Valley
Eastern end of the Manawatu Gorge
Tree Ferns, Victoria Esplanade