IMAGE
Smith, R Trevor :Photographs of railway and road construction
- Date
- 1922-1923, 1927, 1929-1935
- By
- Smith, R Trevor, active 1920s-1930s
- Reference
- PAColl-1651
- Description
Shows Wairoa River bridge construction (1931), railway bridge construction, Napier-Wairoa (1930s), Main South Road exploration (Bruce Bay-Haast, 1930s), ECMT Railway, Mohaka viaduct, effects of Napier Earthquake.
Albums compiled by R Trevor Smith, civil engineer.
Quantity: 3 album(s).
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- No access restrictions
- Format
- 3 album(s), Photographs
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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
Wairoa railway construction:Main South Road exploration, Bruce Bay to Haast
Date: 1933 - 1935
From: Smith, R Trevor :Photographs of railway and road construction
By: Mercer, James Cuthbert, 1886-1944
Reference: PA1-o-645
Description: Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
Marion steam shovel removing a slip on the Gisborne-Napier railway line
Date: 14 Aug 1923
From: Smith, R Trevor :Photographs of railway and road construction
Reference: PA1-o-644-15
Description: Marion steam shovel removing a slip at the Napier end of the Gisborne-Napier railway line, north of Waipunga, Hawke's Bay region. Photograph taken 18 August 1923 by an unidentified photographer. Source of descriptive information - Photographer's inscription and inscription on photo corner. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - centre left - Gisb-Nap Rly Napier End - Marion Hovel removing slip North of Waipunga; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - 14.8.192[3]; In ink, on photo corner - bottom right 14.8.23 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 15.4 x 20 cm
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
Wairoa River Bridge, Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, under repair after the 1931 Hawke's Bay earth...
Date: 19 Dec 1932
From: Smith, R Trevor :Photographs of railway and road construction
Reference: PA1-o-644-31
Description: Wairoa River Bridge, Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, under repair after the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake. Shows the lifting of span B-C. Photograph taken 19 December 1932 by an unidentified photographer. Source of descriptive information - Inscriptions Inscriptions: Verso - Wairoa River Bridge Lifting span B-C Restoration of Earthquake Damage 19 Dec 1932; Album page - beneath image - Wairoa River Bridge Lifing Span B-C Restoration of Earthquake Damage Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 16.5 x 21.5, on album page