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Description

This photograph shows the view down Main Street West, along the railway line that once ran through The Square. It was probably taken from the top of the Hopwood Clock Tower (completed in 1957). A railway service between Wellington and Palmerston North began in 1886. The line ran through the Square until after the Milson Deviation was completed in 1959. In 1964 the last passenger train ran through the Square and the tracks were removed. See 2014p_sq391_008969 for a similar view in colour.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Sq 281
Date
circa 1956
Digitisation ID
2014N_Sq281_008679
Held In
Coolstore

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bike rack,
cars,
commercial hotel,
his majesty's,
photographs,
railway yard,
the square,
theatre,
train,
truck,
water tower,
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Related items

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