Tunnels - New Zealand - Manawatū-Whanganui Region
Workers by a tunnel, vicinity of the Makohine viaduct
Date: ca 1910
From: Child, Edward George, 1860-1949 :Photographs of the Ohingaiti district
Reference: 1/2-035463-G
Description: Unidentified shed gang (viaduct construction workers), with their horse drawn rail cart, alongside the Makohine viaduct tunnel. Also shows George William Sherson, carrier, sitting on railway sleepers. Photograph taken by Edward Child, circa 1900. Inscription reads: "(N & T ?) Cement Shed Gang" See 1/2-094252 (Identifical image) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative
Workers by the Makohine viaduct tunnel
Date: ca 1900
From: Cameron, R A :Photographs of Ohingaiti
By: Child, Edward George, 1860-1949
Reference: 1/2-094252-F
Description: Cement shed gang, and carrier George William Sherson (sitting on sleepers), alongside the Makohine viaduct tunnel, circa 1900. Photograph taken by Edward Child. See 1/2-035463 (Identical image) Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Removing spoil from in front of the tunnel intake portal at Lake Rotoaira, Tongariro Po...
Date: 21 April 1973
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP-Energy-Hydroelectricity-Tongariro Power Scheme-03
Description: Silouetted against the cloud-capped peak of Mount Ngauruhoe, the dragline removes the final spoil from in front of the tunnel intake portal at Lake Rotoaira, Tongariro power scheme. Photographed by an unknown photographer 21 April 1973. Publication note - published in the Evening Post 12 April 1973 This photograph was published in the Evening post 21 April 1973 Source of descriptive information - notes on file print Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 21.4 x 16 cm
Italian tunnellers at the entrance to Moawhango tunnel, Tongariro Power Project
Date: 12 April 1973
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP-Energy-Hydro Electricity-Tongariro Hydro Scheme-02
Description: Italian tunnellers at the entrance to the Moawhango tunnel, Tongariro Power Project. Above the tunnel entrance is a safety notice in English and Italian, and a statue of Santa Barbara, the patron saint of tunnellers. Photograph taken ca 12 April 1973 by an unidentified photographer. Publication note - published in the Evening Post 12 April 1973 Source of descriptive information - notes on file print Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 22 x 16.5 cmt