The piles being lowered into position during the construction of the second Ashhurst Bridge, which crossed the Manawatu River at the lower end of the Manawatu Gorge. The first was washed away in 1895 and due to disputes its replacement was not opened until 1909.
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Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Date
- circa 1908
- Digitisation ID
- 2008N_HARDING_ASH_1337
- Held In
- Community Archives
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- Unknown
- Place
- Ashhurst Bridge, Ashhurst
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