IMAGE
Remains of the road and rail bridge at Blackball, West Coast, over the flooded Grey River - Photograph taken by L A Inkster
- Date
- [ca 27 May 1950]
- By
- Inkster, Lawrence Andrew, 1897-1955
- Reference
- PAColl-8557-41
- Description
Remains of the Blackball road and rail bridge, West Coast, after two spans fell into the flooded Grey River during the storm of 26 May 1950. Photograph taken circa 27 May 1950 by L A Inkster.
Other - Published in the Evening Post 30 May 1950, back page
Other - Evening Post caption (attached to back of print) reads: "Three months will be needed to replace those two spans of the Blackball road and rail bridge which collapsed into the Grey River on Friday night. Most serious aspect of the loss of the bridge is its effect on coal transport"
Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.9 x 21 cm
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper / Photographic prints of the Evening Post newspaper
- Format
- 1 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs, Silver gelatin print 15.9 x 21 cm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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Inkster, Lawrence Andrew, 1897-1955. Remains of the road and rail bridge at Blackball, West Coast, over the flooded Grey River - Photograph taken by L A Inkster. Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: PAColl-8557-41. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23027351More information can be found in our terms of use.