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Drawing of construction of road through Manawatū Gorge

A drawing by J T Stewart who was the District Engineer of the Public Works Department. Drawing shows construction of the road through the Manawatu Gorge. Entitled "Manawatu Gorge. Commencement of Road - looking up Gorge from westward", and is sign...

Creator:      J T Stewart
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          May 1871

Drawing of carved palisade posts at old pa, Wairarapa

A drawing by J T Stewart who was the District Engineer of the Public Works Department. Drawing shows two carved palisade posts in old pa, in bush at Wairarapa. Entitled "Figure in old Pa Wairarapa 1862". The drawing is in pencil and water colour. ...

Creator:      J T Stewart
Place:          Wairarapa
Date:          1862

Drawing of the construction of the Upper Manawatu Gorge bridge

A drawing by J T Stewart who was the District Engineer of the Public Works Department. Sketch shows the construction of the Upper Gorge Bridge (at Woodville end) over the Manawatu River. Entitled "Road Bridge Manawatu Gorge building 1874" and sign...

Creator:      J T Stewart
Place:          Manawatu/Wairarapa
Date:          1874

Drawing of the Manawatu Gorge road

A drawing by J T Stewart who was the District Engineer of the Public Works Department. Drawing shows the gorge road, looking westward towards Ashhurst. Entitled "Gorge Road Manawatu 1874". The drawing is in pencil and water colour. Drawn on paper...

Creator:      J T Stewart
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          1874

Back Issues: A pioneering town planner

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. Life story of John Tiffin Stewart (1827-1913) town planner and government surveyor. He was responsible for the planning of Manawatū's towns in the 19th century, including the ...

Creator:      Tim Upperton
Place:          Manawatu-Whanganui
Date:          November 19, 2022

Gorge Road

This image is a black and white photograph of a watercolour drawing by John Tiffin Stewart (1827-1913), a civil engineer, surveyor and amateur artist. The original drawing is part of the J. T. Stewart papers donated to the Whanganui Museum by W. T...

Creator:      John Tiffin Stewart
Date:          1874 to 1875

"Figurehead of Canoe, Manawatu"

This image is a black and white photograph of a watercolour drawing by John Tiffin Stewart (1827-1913), a civil engineer, surveyor and amateur artist. The original drawing is part of the J. T. Stewart papers donated to the Whanganui Museum by W. T...

Creator:      John Tiffin Stewart
Date:          circa 1860 to circa 1885

"Figures on Stockade of a Pa Manawatu 1859"

This image is a black and white photograph of a drawing by John Tiffin Stewart (1827-1913), a civil engineer, surveyor and amateur artist. The original drawing is part of the J. T. Stewart papers donated to the Whanganui Museum by W. T. Stewart. I...

Creator:      John Tiffin Stewart
Date:          1859

"The 'Felix Stowe' Wreck on Manawatu beach 1878"

The Felixstowe was a barque trading into Ōtaki. She was wrecked on 13 October 1878 when - like the Hydrabad in June of the same year - she mistook the northern end of Kāpiti, on which there was no lighthouse, for Stephens Island in Cook Straight. ...

Creator:      John Tiffin Stewart
Date:          1878

"The 'Hydrabad' Wreck on Manawatu beach 1878"

The Hydrabad, 1350 tons, ran aground on the beach a mile south of Waitarere on the night of 24 June 1878. She was bound for Adelaide to Lyttleton, loaded with iron for the New Zealand railways and had few passengers. No lives were lost in the wrec...

Creator:      John Tiffin Stewart
Date:          1878

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