A man standing beside his car at the Woodville end of the Manawatū Gorge. One of the "twin tunnels" can be seen as well as the Ballance Bridge.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1920

The Ballance River bridge at the eastern end of the Manawatu Gorge was designed by James Fulton and opened by the Premier, Richard John Seddon in 1904. The bridge was built using a double intersection Pratt truss with a small version at the south ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          State Highway 3, Woodville
Date:          circa 1909

A stream train exits a tunnel next to the Ballance Bridge in the Manawatū Gorge.

Creator:      Colin Rush
Place:          Manawatū Gorge
Date:          1994

The road from Woodville enters the Gorge just after the Ballance Bridge over the Manawatu River, shown on the left. The steam train departs a tunnel on the railway track through to Napier, opened in 1891.

Creator:      Frederick Radcliffe
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          circa 1905

Glass plate negative photograph of the Woodville end of Gorge Road. The railway line, built in 1881, is visible on the right hand side, with the original Ballance Bridge and Manawatu River visible on the left. Photograph by Bertie Albert, 1915.

Creator:      Bertie (Bert) Albert
Date:          1915