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Turning the first sod for the Main Trunk Railway (South Island), Christchurch-Timaru line
Date: 4 October 1871
Reference: 1/2-020116-F
Description: Group at Timaru for the the turning of the first sod for the Timaru-Temuka section of the South Island Main Truck Railway, (on the Christchurch-Timaru line). Mrs Cain holds the spade. Captain Henry Cain, the mayor of Timaru, stands alongside (?). Photographed by an unknown photographer 4 October 1871. A report of the event was published in the Timaru Herald 7 October 1871. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).