Railway line running through The Square

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Description: The railway line ran through The Square until 1964. The photograph shows the slight curved deviation made by the Palmerston North Borough Council to allow the war memorial to sit centrally in The Square.

Identification

Date: circa 1937
Digitisation id: 2007N_Sq245_SQU_0480
Held in: Coolstore

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Created By: K H Shea
Place: The Square, Palmerston North

Location

175.612035, -40.355522

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Tags: australasian temperance and general mutual life assurance society ltd (t&g) building; band rotunda; black and white; gardens; photographs; post office; railway line; the square

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K H Shea. "Railway line running through The Square", Manawatū Heritage, Ian Matheson City Archives, https://manawatuheritage.pncc.govt.nz/item/c87f7a9d-3925-4aad-b477-8ad2ab76f124, accessed 2026-08-17 23:10.

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