Viaducts - New Zealand - Hawke's Bay Region

Date: [Between 1933 and 1958]

From: Salmon, J T :Albums, album pages and loose prints

Reference: PA1-q-203

Description: Photographs taken by John Tenison Salmon between 1933 and 1958. There are various sequences as follows: Museum trip to Lake Waikaremoana, December 1946; Holiday trip in 1937 which included Mohaka, Lake Waikaremoana and Urewera Country; Cass-Torlesse biological trip, February 1936; South Island trip, March 1939; and a Southern Lakes and Hollyford Valley trip in January 1940. The holiday trip in 1937 includes photographs of the Mohaka Viaduct under construction. At the beginning of the album a photograph shows Lake Waikaremoana after 21 years of deterioration due to state Electricity Department actions. This image was taken in January 1958, from approximately the same spot as one taken in February 1937. The Cass-Torlesse biological trip includes an image of "vegetable sheep" (page 48). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown cover, Super Cobra binder file; 30 x 25 cm

Date: 1908-1931

From: Furkert, Frederick William, 1876-1949 :Photographs of Hydro schemes and the Murchison and Hawke's Bay earthquakes

Reference: PAColl-7502-3

Description: Hawke's Bay earthquake, mostly damage to Napier port. West Coast bridges taken during assesment of damage after the Murchison earthquake View of the Mohaka Viaduct under construction, and the Grafton Bridge, Auckland under construction in 1908 View of the Tuakau Bridge over the Waikato River Arapuni falls and Aratiatia Rapids, liners entering Pago Pago Harbour American Samoa, and a view of the weastern part of Wellington Harbour including the lower Hutt Valley, and the Tararua Ranges in the background Quantity: 44 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1939-1940

Reference: PA5-0292

Description: Mohaka Viaduct, Napier to Gisborne Railway, height, 315 ft; length 913 ft, published as part of New Zealand Railways Centennial Exhibition series, 1939-1940. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph 88 x 150 mm

Date: [ca 1970s]

From: Ingle, Alfred John, 1917-2003 :Colour slides of New Zealand and a world trip

Reference: PA12-6998

Description: Photographs of Gisborne area, Kaiti, Young Nicks Head, Wairoa, and Waikaremoana taken ca 1970s by John Ingle. Views include Gisborne area (listed as Gisbourne), from Kaiti Hill with the Captain Cook Monument, Captain Cook statue, and the harbour from Kaiti Hill, and the ship Capitaine Wallis leaving port because of a sea surge; a meeting house at Wairoa; cabbage tree at James Cowan's birthplace; falls and river on the Waikaremoana Road; the Mohaka Viaduct, and Mohaka Bridge; a bluff on lake Waikaremoana; the Wairoa River; and a stand of redwoods on the Wairoa Road. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 35mm

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

Date: [ca late 1930s]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-5936-01

Description: Mohaka railway viaduct over the Mohaka River, circa late 1930s. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: ca 1910

Reference: 1/1-022141-G

Description: Railway viaduct, with train crossing, at Kopua, circa 1910. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: ca 1887

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera

By: Williams, William, 1858-1949

Reference: 1/1-025505-G

Description: Photograph of a train pulled by a J class locomotive stopped on the Matamau viaduct north of Dannevirke. Taken by William Williams about 1887. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: [ca 16 December 1936]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Nash, Percival Frederick, -1952

Reference: PAColl-5936-03

Description: Mohaka viaduct under construction, circa 16 December, 1936. Photograph taken by P F Nash. This photograph was published in the New Zealand Free Lance magazine on 16 December 1936. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1887]

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera

Reference: 1/1-025510-G

Description: Kopua railway viaduct, Hawke's Bay, photographed circa 1887 by William Williams. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print: "Identified and dated from E R Williams files" Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: [195-?]

From: Tourist and Publicity

Reference: 1/1-007793-F

Description: Mohaka railway viaduct, over the Mohaka River, Hawke's Bay region. Photograph taken circa 1950s for the National Publicity Studios, by an unidentified photographer. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Date estimated by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.

Date: Mar 1953

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-32801-F

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: Mar 1953

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-32800-F

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation Name of viaduct corrected after contact by researcher March 2022 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: 9 Feb 1960

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-52360

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Photographic negative

Date: 9 Feb 1960

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-52359

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Photographic negative