Napier-Wairoa railway construction

Date
1927, 1929 - 1931
Reference
PA1-o-643
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Quantity: 1 album(s).

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Smith, R Trevor :Photographs of railway and road construction
Format
1 album(s), Photographs, Photograph albums
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East Coast Main Trunk Railway; Mohaka Viaduct

Date: 28 January 1931

From: Smith, R Trevor :Photographs of railway and road construction

Reference: PA1-o-643-092-2

Description: The Mohaka viaduct under construction, showing the first 13ft lift of caisson D3 ready for lowering. Photograph taken 28 January 1931, probably by a New Zealand Railways staff photographer. Inscriptions: Album page - above image - East Coast Main Trunk Railway - Mohaka Viaduct; Album page - beneath image - 189; Album page - beneath image - First 13' lift of Caisson D3 ready for lowering (40 tons) 28.1.31 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Toned silver gelatin print 129 x 87 mm mounted on album page

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Maungaturanga railway viaduct under construction, Wairoa, Hawke's Bay

Date: 30 Jul 1931

From: Smith, R Trevor :Photographs of railway and road construction

Reference: PA1-o-643-098-2

Description: Maungaturanga railway viaduct under construction, part of the Wairoa section of the Gisborne-Napier line. Photograph taken 30 July 1931 by an unidentified photographer. Source of descriptive information - Album inscriptions. Inscriptions: Album page - above image - Gisborne-Napier Railway - Wairoa Section; Album page - beneath image - Maungaturanga Viaduct - Progess View 30:7:31 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 12 x 16.4 cm, on album page