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Upper Manawatu Gorge Bridge and settlement, near Woodville

The Gorge road opened in 1872, and in 1875 when the bridge was built the Government established a tollhouse at the Woodville end to defray the cost of maintaining the road. In 1912 tolls were abolished, the tollhouse was demolished and the small s...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Tararua District
Date:          1880s

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