Creator unknown :Photographs of road-building

Date
[ca 1920s-1930s]
Reference
PAColl-7364
Description

Photographs of road building or maintenance, such as straightening curves, on the following highways: Great South Road at Huntly; laying concrete on the Paparua County section of the Christchurch-Dunedin highway; bitumen surfacing on the Kamo town section of the Whangarei-Kawakawa highway; bituminous concrete paving on the Halswell County section of the Christchurch-Akaroa highway; bituminous concrete laying on the Taieri County section of the Dunedin-Invercargill highway; Great South Road Mercer-Ohinewai section near Long Swamp with workmen's camps in the distance; penetration work on the Waitara-Pukearuhe section of the Auckland-Wellington via Taranaki highway; Goat valley section of the Auckland-Wellington highway; Paeroa Borough section of the Kopua-Raglan highway looking towards Thames; improved alignment on the Kawhia County section of the Auckland-Wellington highway; the Leslie's Gully section of the Hamilton-Rotorua highway looking towards Tamahere; Auckland-Wellington highway near Wanganui; improved curve on the New Plymouth-Kaimata highway; Great South Road at Long Swamp; Great South Road at Taupiri Gorge; the Rangiriri Hills deviation of the Great South Road; Hamilton-Rotorua highway near Tamahere showing bitumen on tar sealing; Whatawhata-Raglan highway from near Whatawhata; Rotorua-Whakatane highway; widening work on the Coromandel main highway; Auckland-Wellington highway near Lepperton; bitumen surface on Saddle Hill on the Dunedin-Invercargill highway; bitumen concrete at Halswell on the Christchurch-Akaroa highway; Paeroa Borough section of the Kopu-Raglan highway; Rangiriri deviation.

Also included are three unidentified bridges, one built by J T Julian & Son; the bridge at Motueka; a Rotorua County Council speed limit sign on the Ngongotaha bridge; Waitakaruru bridge on the Pokeno-Waihi highway; McCormick's bridge on the Thames Coast highway; replacement of King's Creek bridge on the Gisborne-Napier highway; the Karangahake bridge on the Pokeno-Waihi highway; and railway carts being loaded at Mosgile quarry for the Taieri County section of the Dunedin-Invercargill highway.

Arrangement: Artifical collection although some of the prints are from the same source (eg 12-004447 and 004448).

Quantity: 37 b&w original photographic print(s).

Transfers: One print at PAColl-6181-56..

Additional description

Alternative form available: Copy negatives of the original prints in this collection are 1/2-004439, 004447 to 004449, 004452, 004453, 004458, 004460 to 004463, 004466 to 004469, 004471, 004473 to 004476, 004478, 004480 to 004484, 004489, 004491, 004493, 004495, 004497 to 004499, 004501 to 004504. However, the other negatives in the span 1/2-004447 to 004504 are probably part of this collection too.

Access restrictions
No access restrictions
Format
37 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs
There are 2 items in total.
See original record

Click to request to view this item, access digital version (if available), and see more information.

There are 2 items in this group.
Online Image

Bitumen being laid on the Taieri section of the Dunedin-Invercargill highway

Date: [193-?]

From: Creator unknown :Photographs of road-building

Reference: PAColl-7364-01

Description: Bitumen being laid on the Taieri section of the Dunedin-Invercargill highway, circa 1930s. Shows six unidentified men group behind a roller, with bitumen behind them that has come off a tip truck. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 12.7 x 17 cm

Add to cart
Online Image

Rangiriri

Date: [ca 1930s]

From: Creator unknown :Photographs of road-building

Reference: 1/2-004476-F

Description: Township of Rangiriri, looking north. Shows tea rooms on the right. Taken by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Add to cart