A viaduct for the Midland Railway was built across it in the 1880s or 1890s. Also known as Patterson's Creek. Feeds into the Waimakariri River at Otarama Gorge.
Paterson Stream
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Godber album 4
Date: [Between 1870s and 1890s]
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
By: Beere, Daniel Manders, 1833-1909; Hart, Campbell & Company; New Zealand Railways; Ring, James, 1856-1939; Travers, William Thomas Locke, 1819-1903
Reference: PA1-f-025
Description: Album of photographs collected by Albert Percy Godber which related to his interests. Photographers include Daniel Manders Beere, William Thomas Locke Travers and James Ring. Scenes in Australia include Adelaide waterworks, Currency Creek, the Murray River Bridge, the Thorndon Park Reservoir, and Port Adelaide River road & rail bridge. New Zealand scenes are chiefly in the South island, many relating to early railway construction, particularly areas involved in working on the Dunedin to Balclutha railway along the Waimakariri River, and around the Purakanui Cliffs. Of particular interest throughout the album are the construction and design of railway features such as bridges, viaducts and tunnels. North Island railway scenes include the Rimutaka Incline, the bend known as `Siberia', the Summit, and Pakuratahi. Other Titles - Title printed on spine - Godber Album 4 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with brown buckram cover; 42 x 33 cm
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Foster, Susan E, 1946- :Photographs by Ethel Mary Beckett and relatives
Date: [ca 1890-1900]
By: Foster, Susan E, 1946-; Beckett, Ethel Mary, active 1890s; Beckett, Amy Middleton, -1964; Beckett, Thomas Wrench Naylor, 1839-1906; Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)
Reference: PAColl-6244
Description: Photographs, mostly of the South Island, from the collection of the Beckett family. Most were taken by Ethel Mary Beckett, with some being the work of Amy Middleton Beckett. The work of Wheeler & Son, of Christchurch, and Albert E Winzenberg of Masterton is also represented. A photograph of Palmerston Atoll, in the Cook Islands, is included in the collection. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-181858-G to 1/2-181894-G Quantity: 40 b&w original photographic print(s). 37 b&w original negative(s).
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Godber album 12
Date: [Circa 1880s-1890s]
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: PA1-q-104
Description: Images of the construction of the Midland Railway line in Canterbury, and surrounding areas, taken by an unidentified photographer. Views include construction of the railway line, railway tunnels, bridges and viaducts, the use of flying foxes for transportation of men and equipment, and one image of a velocipede (like a railway jigger). Life at the work-sites is shown with types of accomodation, including tents; work-sites under snow; and group portraits of the Midland Railway Rifle Club, and the New Zealand Midland Railway Football Club. Several of the men, chiefly the engineers, are identified. Other Titles - Title printed on spine - Godber Album 111 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with brown buckram cover; 32 x 28 cm
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Stratford album
Date: 1909
By: Stratford, P (Miss), active 1987
Reference: PA1-q-227
Description: Album of railway photographs relating to the construction of the New Zealand Midland Railway in the South Island, circa 1909, probably presented to James Stratford at the end of his year working as wages clerk for the Public Works Department at Springfield. One photograph is entitled "Return of the "Poleseekers"", showing the return of the Nimrod from the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue cover, green spine, entitled "Sunny Memories" in black lettering; 32 x 28 cm
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Cass & Craigieburn, Midland Railway, Waimakariri Gorge
Date: [Circa 1860s-1940s]
From: Kennedy, William Alexander, 1865-1950 :Photographs of the Southern Alps area
By: Beken, Charles Albert, 1859-1944; Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881; Tomlinson, Francis Ernest, 1864-1944; Williams, William, 1858-1949
Reference: PAColl-0959-05
Description: Scenic photographs of Cass & Craigieburn, Midland Railway, Waimakariri Gorge taken between circa 1860s and 1940s by various unidentified and identified photographers. Photograph (no. 13) shows the hut owned by the Canterbury Coleege Mountain Biological Station; photograph (no. 25) of the old Benmore Station (no. 25) was taken by D L Lundy circa 1860s, and view (no. 26) shows the same site much later with fully grown macrocarpa trees, and the house in poorer condition; the views of the Midland Railway Line including when under construction, with the line, tunnels, and viaducts seen over a number of years were possibly taken by William Williams who was a photographer and who worked for the Railways Department; other images were probably taken by Charles Beken including one of "the meeting of the Arthur's Pass tunnel headings" with two men and a woman beside the dark opening. Quantity: 44 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints Finding Aids: Typescript inventory of this box held in Photographic Archive backfile under "Kennedy, William Alexander.".
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Anderson's viaduct over Patterson's Creek, Otarama
Date: between 1905-1912
From: Webb, Steffano, 1880-1967: Collection of negatives
Reference: 1/1-009687-G
Description: Anderson's viaduct over Patterson's Creek, Otarama, photographed by Steffano Francis Webb circa 1905-1912. Shows one end of the large wooden viaduct which appears to be under repair. Three boys stand next to a railing. The viaduct was built by Anderson's Ltd, a Christchurch engineering firm on contract to the NZ Midland Railway Company. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Anderson's Bridge Patterson's Creek Otarama Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative
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Railway viaduct at Patterson's Creek, Kowai Bush, 1926
Date: 1926
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-1686-1/2-G
Description: View of a railway viaduct over Patterson's Creek, Kowai Bush, Selwyn District. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1926. Information from Godber's index held in Photographic Archives (under 97. Patterson's Creek viaduct. Kowhai Bush. 1926) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches