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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).
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 b&w original negative(s), Negatives, Orientation: Horizontal image
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