This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 17 September, 1959. "At present railway workers are relaying a portion of the Main Trunk line between Main Street East and Princess Street. They are laying 504ft a day. The photograph shows a gang of workers starting to take metal from under the sleepers."
https://dtq0471jmmy9v.cloudfront.net/iiif/2/curtis-production2-cache%2F1%2Ff%2Fd%2F555e92-73b2-4e75-ac46-65f59ee1aaa3%2Fresize_master_4faa172fa1ae900f0508046c642cdac5.jpg/full/!880,1024/0/default.jpg?sig=39694e87f727c5b10686274d7a75db4f403f277d&ver=1628947564"Relaying the Main Line' Workers Upgrading the Railway Tracks
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Digitisation ID
- 2017N_2017-20_015299
- Title
- "Relaying the Main Line' Workers Upgrading the Railway Tracks
- Relation
- Coolstore
- Format
- B&W negative
- Held In
- IMCA Digital Archive
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Creation
- Created By
- Manawatū Evening Standard
- Place
- Palmerston North
- Date
- September 17, 1959
Object rights
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- Fairfax Media New Zealand
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