This photograph shows the King Edward VII Coronation Memorial Fountain, also known as the Coronation Monument. It was built in 1902 to mark the coronation of Edward VII. In 1925, it moved and combined with another feature of The Square, the concre...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1915

This photograph shows the construction of a pylon on the Mangahao - Khandallah Line. The Mangahao Power Station provides hydroelectric power and is situated near the town of Shannon. It serves Wellington, Horowhenua, Taranaki, Hawkes Bay, and the ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Mangahao, Shannon, Horowhenua Region
Date:          1923 to 1924

Buildings from left: C C Miles and Co, auctioneers; Wollerman and Company, Wine and Spirit Merchants (established in the 1880s); Trocadero Restaurant or Tearooms, which could be related to the Wellington Restaurant of the same name; The Furniture ...

Creator:      Solomon Abrahams [?]
Place:          Church Street and The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1891 to 1900

A severe storm which crossed the North Island on 2 February 1936 caused substantial damage in and around Palmerston North, one of the hardest hit towns. Houses lost roofs, chimneys were blown over, the grandstands of the A and P Association, the A...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Foxton Line, Manawatu
Date:          1936

Faintly in this photograph can be seen the Mangahao - Khandallah 110 KV line. The Mangahao Power Station provides hydroelectric power and is situated near the town of Shannon. It serves Wellington, Horowhenua, Taranaki, Hawkes Bay, and the Wairara...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Horowhenua Region
Date:          circa 1922 to circa 1926

A view of the Mangahao to Khandallah line.The Mangahao Power Station provides hydroelectric power and is situated near the town of Shannon. It serves Wellington, Horowhenua, Taranaki, Hawkes Bay, and the Wairarapa. After being delayed by WWI, cons...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Horowhenua Region
Date:          1923

The photographer is standing opposite the Waldegrave Buildings and is looking towards Coleman Place (now Coleman Mall). The three-story Clarendon Hotel (on the corner of Rangitikei Street) can be seen on the right. In the distance is the bell towe...

Creator:      George W Shailer
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1893

This photograph was taken from the middle of The Square and looks towards Main Street East. The rotunda on the right was the second to sit in The Square. The first, built in 1889, was removed to the Victoria Esplanade to make way for this larger s...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1915

Many pylons can be see in this photograph on the side of the hills. Visible to the right coming down the hill are the pipes that carry water to the Power House. The Mangahao Power Station provides hydroelectric power and is situated near the town ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Shannon
Date:          August 1923

Looking from the corner of Broadway to the corner of Church Street East. Main Street West appears mid-way in the photograph. The buildings (from left) are: [1] Bank of Australasia. [2] Post Office built 1905-1906. The clock mechanism was named af...

Creator:      Ernest Denton
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1906 to 1910

One of the power pylons on the Mangahao - Khandallah line near Khandallah, Wellington. The Mangahao Power Station provides hydroelectric power and is situated near the town of Shannon. It serves Wellington, Horowhenua, Taranaki, Hawkes Bay, and th...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Wellington Region
Date:          circa 1924

One of the power pylons on the Mangahao - Khandallah line near Khandallah, Wellington. The Mangahao Power Station provides hydroelectric power and is situated near the town of Shannon. It serves Wellington, Horowhenua, Taranaki, Hawkes Bay, and th...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Wellington Region
Date:          circa 1924

A pylon constructed on the Mangahao to Khandallah line. This pylon appears to be in Khandallah, Wellington.The Mangahao Power Station provides hydroelectric power and is situated near the town of Shannon. It serves Wellington, Horowhenua, Taranaki...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Wellington Region
Date:          1923 to 1924

This early colour postcard depicts four carriages making their way through The Square. The building with the clock tower to the right of the postcard is Palmerston North's fourth post office. Though the tower and clock mechanism were removed after...

Creator:      G H Bennett and Co.
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1905 to 1906

This postcard shows a view of Fitzherbert Street, as it was known then. The exact location of this photograph is unknown. The street was named after Mr W A Fitzherbert, civil engineer and first mayor of Lower Hutt.

Creator:      Whalley and Co., Crown Studios
Place:          Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1910

This photograph shows the double set of ceramic isolators in place on a working power transmission line.The Mangahao Power Station provides hydroelectric power and is situated near the town of Shannon. It serves Wellington, Horowhenua, Taranaki, H...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          
Date:          circa 1925