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....

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1959-09-17T00:00:00+00:00

This grader was owned by the Kairanga County Council and used on their roads. The exact locality of this photograph is unknown. Mr Jack Findlay is standing on the grader.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Unknown - Manawatu
Date:          circa 1914 to circa 1918

These men were employed by New Zealand Laykold Ltd, of Wellington, the contractors for the reconstruction of the road between Foxton and Foxton Beach. This firm owned a bitumen factory in Wellington and employed Mr L C Eggers (photographer) as ove...

Creator:      L C Eggers
Place:          Horowhenua Region
Date:          1939

New Zealand Laykold Ltd, of Wellington, were the contractors for reconstructing the road between Foxton and Foxton Beach. This firm owned a bitumen factory in Wellington and employed Mr L C Eggers (photographer) as overseer for the contract.

Creator:      L C Eggers
Place:          Horowhenua Region
Date:          April 1939

This gravel pit was situated in Maxwell's Line between the Awapuni Hospital and Racecourse Road. The area was vested in the Palmerston North Road Board by NZ Gazette of 24/12/1884 (p 1742) 'in trust as a gravel pit'. Ownership transferred to the n...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1915 to circa 1916

Child Brothers Ltd, Carriers and Fuel Merchants, was established in 1919 by Edward G Child and his sons, W J Child & E W H Child. They opened the metal crushing depot and plant at the end of Albert Street near the Manawatu River c1927. The busines...

Creator:      G F Framjee
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1930

These men were employed by New Zealand Laykold Ltd, of Wellington, who had the contract to construct a road between Paraparaumu township and the beach. The man on the left is Jimmy Bain and the man on the right is unidentified. This firm owned a b...

Creator:      L C Eggers
Place:          Unknown
Date:          1937