Mandamus River
Bridges Misc
Date: 1999-2000
From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage
Reference: PA12-11653
Description: Transparencies of bridges in New Zealand, taken by Geoffrey Thornton or Jocelyn Thornton. Each slide mount is annotated with the subject (bridge or viaduct name, and/or river/stream name, and/or road name) and location. Dates and photographer name are often but not always annotated. Title transcribed from item Arrangement: Transparencies were arranged in a 6-row, 50 slides per row, metal case, alphabetically for the first 2 rows. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies in plastic and cardboard slide mounts. Processing information: Slides have been removed from container and put into archival pockets, following the original order, from left to right and top to bottom.
Tyrell, Norman, d 1994 : Negatives
Date: 1949-1958
By: Tyrell, Norman, -1994; Hayward, Margaret Jane, 1940-
Reference: PA-Group-00367
Description: Photographs of holiday excursions and job sites taken ca 1949-1958 by railway engineer Norman Tyrell. Covers hydro-electric dams and their construction, bridges and their construction, the construction of a septic tank at Palmerston, cities, ports, Auckland Zoo, tramping and mountains and scenic New Zealand. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives in registers at F 71104 1/4 - F 71731 1/4 Photographs taken by Norman Tyrell, railway engineer, d 1994 Quantity: 627 b&w original negative(s). Processing information: Archivists notes - Originally arranged and described in 1995. Reference number changed from PAColl-4779 to PA-Group-00367 in 2009.