The celebrate the 75th Anniversary of Palmerston North, a programme of events was held from 15 to 22 March 1952. The opening event, on the morning on Saturday 15th, was a reenactment of the "arrival of the first White Women and children by Canoe a...
Creator: Vera L McLennan-Boman, attributed to
Date: 1952
This railway bridge near Ashhurst was completed in 1890. The railway line that runs through the Manawatū Gorge opened in 1891. This view is taken from the end of Mulgrave Street, Ashhurst.
This image is derived from a copy negative made from a pho...
Date: 1890
The second bridge, spanning the Manawatū River near Ashhurst, was officially opened on 9 June 1909, replacing a previous bridge that was swept away in the flood of 1895. The bridge was replaced by a concrete structure in 1969. This photograph is b...
Date: circa 1969
Construction of this bridge started in 1938. It was the first two-lane bridge in the area with concrete piles. The bridge was washed away in the 2004 floods.
This image is derived from a copy negative made from a photograph loaned for copying. The...
Date: 1940 to 1941
"Pressing an electric button on the official platform a short distance from the city end of the new Fitzherbert bridge, His Excellency the Governor-General, Lord Galway, to-day, broke a red, white and blue ribbon stretched taut across the end of t...
Date: July 20, 1935
A view of the second Fitzherbert Bridge over the Manawatū River from the Victoria Esplanade gardens. It is similar, but not identical to image 2018P_2018-12_025126.
The second Fitzherbert Bridge was built by Fletcher Construction Co. Ltd between 1...
Date: circa 1940
On 17 August 2002, four commemorative plaques from the second Fitzherbert Bridge were unveiled fiexed to the remaining original 1935 bridge arches, now an archway near the cycle track in the Esplanade. After the 1935 bridge was demolished in 1987,...
Date: August 2002
On 17 August 2002, four commemorative plaques from the second Fitzherbert Bridge were unveiled fiexed to the remaining original 1935 bridge arches, now an archway near the cycle track in the Esplanade. After the 1935 bridge was demolished in 1987,...
Date: August 2002
On 17 August 2002, four commemorative plaques from the second Fitzherbert Bridge were unveiled fiexed to the remaining original 1935 bridge arches, now an archway near the cycle track in the Esplanade. After the 1935 bridge was demolished in 1987,...
Date: August 2002
On 17 August 2002, four commemorative plaques from the second Fitzherbert Bridge were unveiled fiexed to the remaining original 1935 bridge arches, now an archway near the cycle track in the Esplanade. After the 1935 bridge was demolished in 1987,...
Date: August 2002
The second Fitzherbert Bridge was built by Fletcher Construction Co. Ltd between 1933 and 1935. It was opened 20 July 1935 by Viscount Galway, the Governor General. The concrete bridge replaced the original wooden structure completed in 1877. The ...
Date: 1950
The second Fitzherbert Bridge was built by Fletcher Construction Co. Ltd between 1933 and 1935. It was opened 20 July 1935 by Viscount Galway, the Governor General. The concrete bridge replaced the original wooden structure completed in 1877. The ...
Date: circa 1950
The second Fitzherbert Bridge was built by Fletcher Construction Co. Ltd between 1933 and 1935. It was opened 20 July 1935 by Viscount Galway, the Governor General. The concrete bridge replaced the original wooden structure completed in 1877. The ...
Date: 1950
The second Fitzherbert Bridge was built by Fletcher Construction Co. Ltd between 1933 and 1935. It was opened 20 July 1935 by Viscount Galway, the Governor General. The concrete bridge replaced the original wooden structure completed in 1877. The ...
Date: 1950
The second Fitzherbert Bridge was built by Fletcher Construction Co. Ltd between 1933 and 1935. It was opened 20 July 1935 by Viscount Galway, the Governor General. The concrete bridge replaced the original wooden structure completed in 1877. The ...
Date: 1950
The second Fitzherbert Bridge was built by Fletcher Construction Co. Ltd between 1933 and 1935. It was opened 20 July 1935 by Viscount Galway, the Governor General. The concrete bridge replaced the original wooden structure completed in 1877. The ...
Date: 1950
The second Fitzherbert Bridge was built by Fletcher Construction Co. Ltd between 1933 and 1935. It was opened 20 July 1935 by Viscount Galway, the Governor General. The concrete bridge replaced the original wooden structure completed in 1877. The ...
Date: 1950
This image is taken from a postcard. It shows a flood which possibly took place earlier than 1908.
The first Fitzherbert Bridge was built between 1876 and 1877, but was only useable from 1878 after the adjoining road was formed and metalled. It wa...
Creator: Whalley and Co.
Date: circa 1908
The second Fitzherbert Bridge was built by Fletcher Construction Co. Ltd between 1933 and 1935. It was opened 20 July 1935 by Viscount Galway, the Governor General. The concrete bridge replaced the original wooden structure completed in 1877. The ...
Date: circa 1950
The second Fitzherbert Bridge was built by Fletcher Construction Co. Ltd between 1933 and 1935. It was opened 20 July 1935 by Viscount Galway, the Governor General. The concrete bridge replaced the original wooden structure completed in 1877. The ...
Date: 1933 to 1934
The piledriver is situated beside the first Fitzherbert Bridge.
Date: 1933 to 1934
The piledriver is situated beside the first Fitzherbert Bridge.
Date: 1933 to 1934
The second Fitzherbert Bridge was built by Fletcher Construction Co. Ltd between 1933 and 1935. It was opened 20 July 1935 by Viscount Galway, the Governor General. The concrete bridge replaced the original wooden structure completed in 1877. The ...
Date: 1935
The second Fitzherbert Bridge was built by Fletcher Construction Co. Ltd between 1933 and 1935. It was opened 20 July 1935 by Viscount Galway, the Governor General. The concrete bridge replaced the original wooden structure completed in 1877. The ...
Date: 1935
The second Fitzherbert Bridge was built by Fletcher Construction Co. Ltd between 1933 and 1935. It was opened 20 July 1935 by Viscount Galway, the Governor General. The concrete bridge replaced the original wooden structure completed in 1877. The ...
Date: 1935
The second Fitzherbert Bridge was built by Fletcher Construction Co. Ltd between 1933 and 1935. It was opened 20 July 1935 by Viscount Galway, the Governor General. The concrete bridge replaced the original wooden structure completed in 1877. The ...
Date: 1933 to 1935
The pile driver, for establishing the foundations of the concrete piers of the second bridge, is shown in front of the first Fitzherbert Bridge.
The second Fitzherbert Bridge was built by Fletcher Construction Co. Ltd between 1933 and 1935. It was...
Date: 1934
The second Fitzherbert Bridge was built by Fletcher Construction Co. Ltd between 1933 and 1935. It was opened 20 July 1935 by Viscount Galway, the Governor General. The concrete bridge replaced the original wooden structure completed in 1877. The ...
Date: 1934 to 1935
The second Fitzherbert Bridge was built by Fletcher Construction Co. Ltd between 1933 and 1935. It was opened 20 July 1935 by Viscount Galway, the Governor General. The concrete bridge replaced the original wooden structure completed in 1877. The ...
Date: 1934 to 1935
The second Fitzherbert Bridge was built by Fletcher Construction Co. Ltd between 1933 and 1935. It was opened 20 July 1935 by Viscount Galway, the Governor General. The concrete bridge replaced the original wooden structure completed in 1877. The ...
Date: 1934 to 1935