IMAGE
Prime Minister Richard Seddon turning the first sod of the Hokitika-Ross railway
- Date
- [ca 1900]
- Reference
- 1/2-044361-F
- Description
Prime Minister Richard Seddon turning the first sod of the Hokitika-Ross railway. Photograph taken circa 1900. Photographer unidentified.
This image is a copy negative from the publication "The coast" : the golden west : the land of minerals and scenic beauties, its history and development. West Coast jubilee 1864-1914", a photocopy of which is held by the Alexander Turnbull Library at P Box q993.1 COA 1914.
The Greymouth-Hokitika line was opened in 1893 and further extended to Ross in 1909.
Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s).
Physical Description: Film negative
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Heinz, William Frederick, 1899-1976: Photographs and negatives of gold mining and other facets of the West Coast
- Format
- 1 b&w copy negative(s), Negatives, Film negative, Orientation: Horizontal image
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Prime Minister Richard Seddon turning the first sod of the Hokitika-Ross railway. Heinz, William Frederick, 1899-1976: Photographs and negatives of gold mining and other facets of the West Coast. Ref: 1/2-044361-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22456689More information can be found in our terms of use.