Railway bridges - New Zealand - Bay of Plenty Region
View of Tauranga Harbour and the Matapihi Railway Bridge
Date: 1928
From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand
Reference: Pan-2245-F
Description: Panoramic view, probably of the Matapihi Railway Bridge, Waipu Bay and Tauranga Harbour. There is a large camping ground in the foreground with many tents and marquees including a big circular tent on the right. Crowds of people on the beach behind the tents. Another collection of tents across the bridge on the left. Cars and trucks parked in a field on the far right. A tent in the foreground has the letters "C.D.M.S." printed on the roof. Stacks of wood piled up, smoke from a coupld of fires. Fields of corn in the foreground between tents. Photograph taken by R P Moore. Source of descriptive information - Location and date from other images with some similarities taken by R P Moore Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 105.4 cm
Tauranga, N.Z. from Redoubt. 1928
Date: 1928
From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand
Reference: Pan-2243B-F
Description: Panoramic view showing a ship behind wharf buildings, and railways rolling stock on the far left. Harbour on the left of the image, railway line along the shore with a road running parallel. There is a railway bridge across the image in the centre distance. The Guinness Brothers' building is in the right foreground and a horse and cart are on a small grassy area between the railway line and the road in the centre foreground. A large two-storeyed building with a turret in the centre right middle distance. Township on the right. Photograph taken by R P Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - "Tauranga" N.Z. From Redoubt. 1928. No. 165; Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] Tauranga from Redoubt Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 112.3 cm
Train hauled by a "Wg" class steam locomotive crossing bridge over Waikareao Estuary, T...
Date: After 1910
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-2042-1/2-G
Description: Northbound train hauled by a "Wg" class steam locomotive crossing the bridge over the Waikareao Estuary, Tauranga. Tauranga Railway Station can be seen in the background. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber. Library client identified the bridge and the location, May 2009. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches