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Wellington and Manawatu Railway locomotives and crew at Paekakariki
- Date
- [Between 1886 and 1888]
- Reference
- PA1-f-239-12
- Description
View of Paekakariki railway yards, showing three Wellington and Manawatu Railway locomotives, Belmont (left), No 8 (centre) and No 2 (right). Photograph taken between 1886 and 1888 by Wrigglesworth & Binns of Wellington.
Standing in front of the locomotives are (from left): unknown, I Fryer (driver), C Fielding (fireman), J Foster (driver), unknown, yard foreman (name unknown), unknown, W Trueman (driver), and V Richardson (fireman).
Identifed from "Uncommon Carrier", by K R Cassells, Wellington, 1994.
Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - 189. Manawatu Ry Co's engines at Paikakariki [sic]. W&B
Belmont was owned by contractor J Saunders and used on construction and maintenance of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway until 1888. Locomotive No 8 arrived in Wellington in March 1886.
Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Physical Description: Collodion print 15.2 x 20.5 cm, mounted on album page 23.4 x 30.1 cm
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Levin, William Hort, 1845-1893 :Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company Ltd :Views on the Wellington & Manawatu Railway
- Format
- 1 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs, Collodion printing-out paper prints, Landscape photographs, Collodion print 15.2 x 20.5 cm, mounted on album page 23.4 x 30.1 cm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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Wellington and Manawatu Railway locomotives and crew at Paekakariki. Levin, William Hort, 1845-1893 :Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company Ltd :Views on the Wellington & Manawatu Railway. Ref: PA1-f-239-12. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23089463More information can be found in our terms of use.