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  • "Days of Existence are Numbered" - Longburn Railway Bridge
  • "Days of Existence are Numbered" - Longburn Railway Bridge
Description

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 25 June 1958, page 8: "The days of the life of the wooden structure in this photograph are numbered. The bridge is that used by railway traffic and is situated south of Longburn. A contract is to be let for the construction of a new structure."

Identification

Object type
Image
Identifier
2017-20
Archive
Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection
Relation
2017-20
Date
June 25, 1958
Digitisation ID
2017N_2017-20_014799
Format
B&W negative
Held In
"Other"

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Taxonomy

Tags
bridges,
longburn,
railway,
Community Tags
demolish,

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