This image is part of the Frank Goldingham collection and was possibly taken for Photorama pictorial magazine in the second quarter of 1960. It may have been published in an edition not currently held by the Ian Matheson City Archives.

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Date:          1960

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 20 June 1961 "Motor traffic today used the overhead bridge on Rangitikei Line. Sealing of the approaches to the bridge has still to be completed and many soft spots are ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Rangitikei Line, Palmerston North
Date:          June 20, 1961

Early bridge engineering for Te Ahu a Turanga Manawatū Tararua Highway. The new route will link the Manawatū and Tararua regions after the perminant closure of the Gorge road in 2017. Image taken from the new Gore Walk carpark.

Creator:      Ian Matheson City Archives
Place:          The Gorge, Palmerston North
Date:          April 30, 2021

The Dittmer brothers helped in the construction of Scotts Road. They were at that time resident on Scotts Road. Herman Dittmer is standing with his shovel on the right, while William Dittmer is using the pick.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Scotts Road, Linton, Manawatu
Date:          circa 1910

This photograph shows the access road into the Kahuterawa Valley where bush felling in preparation for farming was taking place in the 1890s. Built in 1890, the original Kahuterawa Valley Road was a six foot track only useful for sledges and went ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Kahuterawa Valley, Manawatu
Date:          circa 1896

Part of a series of photographs showing the widening of the Gorge, c. 1920s.

Creator:      Gilmour Family
Place:          State Highway 3
Date:          1920

The Dittmer brothers helped in the construction of Scotts Road. At the time they were resident on Scotts Road. Mr Herman Dittmer is shown getting onto the dray, William Dittmer is in the centre while Henry Dittmer is to the right.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          circa 1910

Henry Dittmer farmed on Scotts Road (Kairanga County) c 1904-1920, with his sons Herman, John, Henry and William. The area was also subsequently known as Hill Top Road and Motu Rimu. A Government grant enabled the road to be improved, and it was h...

Creator:      R B Hall
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1904 to circa 1920