Railway bridges - New Zealand - Wellington Region

Date: 1908 - 1909

From: [Postcard album of cards collected by Bessie Cornish. 1905-1920].

Reference: Eph-B-POSTCARD-Vol-12-075

Description: Shows a view of the Hutt Road with the railway beside it, and an overhead bridge, across which the New Plymouth train is steaming. Wellington is in the distance, with the harbour at the left. Published by Fergusson Limited, and printed in Sydney. Sepia series. Exhibited in 'Petone Days; Photographs by Percy Godber 1900-1920 (Exhibition)' Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard in album.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, 89 x 138 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs B L M August in 1976.

Date: Circa 1900s

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-038995-G

Description: View of a passenger train with steam locomotive, crossing a wooden bridge, possibly in the Wellington Region. On the right of the train is another railway bridge which finishes at a small hut; railway line possibly under construction. This image is a glass copy negative taken from a print by Albert Percy Godber. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.25 x 3.25 inches

Date: 1904 - 1905

From: [Postcard album of cards collected by Joye Eggers / Taylor. 1905-1970s].

By: Aldersley, David James, 1862-1928

Reference: Eph-B-POSTCARD-Vol-6-009-btm

Description: Shows a train steaming northwards beside the Hutt Road and Wellington Harbour. There is a horse and cart in the central foreground, and the city of Wellington behind. Exhibited in 'Petone Days; Photographs by Percy Godber 1900-1920 (Exhibition)' Photograph is probably by David Aldersley. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard.. Physical Description: Hand-coloured photograph, 140 x 89 mm.

Date: ca 1900-1912

By: Muir & Moodie (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-7586

Description: Two photographs of Duntroon Railway Station with Campbell Street next to it; men working on the railway near Duntroon railway bridge; the railway bridge at Duntroon; the bridge over the Mangaroa River with some old track next to it; looking down the platform at Palmerston North Railway Station with goods trains in the yards, a passenger express train at the platform, the Railway Hotel on the right and in the distance the businesses of Barraud & Abraham and A Loufresne, builder; Middlemarch Station with the Railway Hotel and a Billiard and Sample Rooms on the right; Fairlie Station with a coal train on the left; and steam locomotives including the Rotorua express at Morrinsville station. Photographer was Muir & Moodie. Two have a stamp, or part, in German on the reverse. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-007953 and 007960 (duplicate at 1/2-105892) 1/2-007952 and 007959 are probably part of this collection too. Quantity: 7 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [Circa 1880s]

By: Phillips-Turner, Roland Glyndwr, 1902-1988; Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916

Reference: PA1-f-077

Description: Photographs of New Zealand taken circa 1880s by various photographers including James Bragge and Josiah Martin. Photographs of the Manawatu Gorge were taken by James Bragge, some of which show the horse and carriage in which Bragge carried his equipment. There is one photograph of English explorer and adventurer Captain Speedy who spent many years in Abyssinia and other parts of Africa, and who came to New Zealand in 1864, where he fought with the Waikato Militia before returning overseas. He is shown wearing Abyssinian costume (p 15). Some photographs relate to the Haultain family, with a view of St John's College, of which Thomas Minet Haultain was a governor, anda view of Colonel Haultain and his family at their home in St Stephen's Avenue, Parnell, Auckland Inscriptions: Album page - "Frances Aplin Haultain, 14, August 1886"; Album page - "To I & E Phillips Turner, Easter 1905" Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with maroon cover, brown leather corners and spine; 31 x 42 cm

Date: [ca 1900]

By: Winzenberg, Albert Edward, 1865-1931

Reference: PA7-53-23

Description: View of the railway bridge spanning the Ruamahanga River, Wairarapa. Photograph taken by A E Winzenberg, exact date unknown Inscriptions: Verso - bottom right - Cowan Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 21.3 x 29.3 cm

Date: Between 1948 and 1949

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: PA1-o-003

Description: "Illustrating geological observations, Vol 3". Black & white photographs of geological and geomorphological aspects of New Zealand. Includes images taken on a second visit to the Rotorua area (Oct 4-12 1948), showing lakes, thermal areas, mountain rifts and other geological formations. A boring plant testing the ground on the line of the proposed Rimutaka Tunnel; views of The Terrace, Wellington showing the office building of the New Zealand Geological Survey at 156 The Terrace; Mangaroa Basin plain; Hutt River valley; the Wellington fault scarp along Grant Road; the geology of the Paekakariki area of coastal lowland; the new Wellington City number 2 water supply tunnel from the upper Hutt River (14 Jan 1949). Also shows images taken when attending the Seventh Pacific Science Congress held in New Zealand, January-February 1949, including views of Auckland; "Birchlands" (home of Sir Frank Mappin, Mt Eden, where the Congress garden party was held); Mount Mangere; Auckland Ferry Wharf; an excursion in the Wellington area for the Congress to Baring Head & Orongorongo. Water supply in Paraparaumu, March 25 1949; Visit to East Wairarapa beyond Martinborough (a Victoria University excursion led by Dr A R Lillie and R A Couper), showing Dr Lillie, John Marwick, Thomas Ludovic Grant-Taylor); Castlepoint & the Matapihi Trig Station on the Ruamahanga River, April 14-17, 1949; inland pumice deposit at Waitarere Beach (11 Oct 1949); official inspection of the lower course of the Otaki River (21 Oct 1949) showing the Otaki Railway Bridge with piles beneath the piers exposed by erosion; coast of the Miramar Peninsula.

Date: 1897

From: Wills, Mary Ann, 1859?-1942: [Collection of watercolours, oil paintings, and albums by Mary Wills, primarily of landscapes. 1885-1936]

Reference: A-462-264

Description: Shows a view of the mouth of the Hutt River, with Matiu/Somes Island in the middle distance and the Eastern Hills beyond that. Shows houses dotted either side of the river, the bridge spanning the river and a church, probably St James' Anglican church, Woburn Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 145 x 230 mm

Date: September 1957

From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs

Reference: 1/4-129244-F

Description: Related index card reads: Transport. Wairarapa. Second Bridge below summit on old Rimutaka line. September 1957. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: 60mm single frame film negative

Date: September 1957

From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs

Reference: LCI-02-010

Description: Index card reads: Transport. Wairarapa. Second Bridge below summit on old Rimutaka line. September 1957. Quantity: 1 item(s) of photographic ephemera handmade index card. Physical Description: Cardboard index card with attached proof print(s), 13 x 19cm

Date: [ca 1950s-1960s]

From: Bailey, Margaret (Dr), 1945-: Collection of Margaret and John Bailey

Reference: PA12-7812

Description: Transparency slides of Bernard Leach, Wellington and Sabine River, taken ca 1950s-1960s by John Bailey Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies slides.

Date: [Circa 1888?]

From: Dalton, M :Photograph albums entitled "Views in and around Wellington"

Reference: PA1-o-126

Description: Includes views of Wellington City streets and suburbs, public buildings, churches, Karori Reservoir, Wellington College, the Governor's banquet and a procession; the Hutt railway bridge, river and bush scenes; the Ohau railway bridge, and the Thorndon suspension bridge Other Titles - Dalton II Album Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 25x16 cm, maroon board covers Finding Aids: Indexed in Photographic Archive album index.

Date: [between 1927-1932]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP-1509-1/2-G

Description: Railway bridge, Haywards, Lower Hutt, Wellington. Photograph taken between 1927 and 1932 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Source of descriptive information - Notes in negative register. Image not seen by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1932

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 1/2-087626-G

Description: Photograph taken in 1932 by an Evening Post staff photographer Source of descriptive information - Notes in negative register. Image not seen by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: 1921

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0777-1/2-G

Description: Train rounding a bend having crossed the railway bridge over the Hutt River near Silverstream. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber, circa 1921. Original print in Godber album PA1-q-102, page 145. Inscriptions: Album page - Bridge over Hutt River. Silverstream Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 1885

From: Levin, William Hort, 1845-1893 :Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company Ltd :Views on the Wellington & Manawatu Railway

Reference: PA1-f-239-08

Description: Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company bridge at Paremata, on its completion in 1885 by Henderson and Company of Dunedin, being tested by locomotive no 1 and a train. Photograph taken between 1885 and 1888 by Wrigglesworth & Binns of Wellington. Identifed from Uncommon carrier : the history of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company, 1882-1908 / K.R. Cassells. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - 183. Paremata railway bridge. W&B This locomotive was one of the original tank locomotives built by Manning, Wardle & Company on Leeds. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Collodion print 15.3 x 20.5 cm, mounted on album page 23.4 x 30.1 cm

Date: [ca 29 December 1950]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/245/09-F

Description: The ramp for the railway bridge at Taita during the bridge construction photographed circa 29 December 1950 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [ca 1890s]

By: Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company Ltd

Reference: 1/2-122099-F

Description: Waikanae, with a railway bridge and train in the foreground, photographed circa 1890s, by the Wellington & Manawatu Railway Company. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Waika[n reversed]ae Bridg. W & M Ry Co Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1908

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-2003-1/2-G

Description: The railway bridge over the Hutt River near Silverstream. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber in 1908. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: ca 1880s

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-3039-1-033

Description: Train on Ladle Bend, Rimutaka Incline, circa 1880s. Shows an S class Fairlie steam locomotive, wagons, and carriages, crossing a viaduct. Photographer unidentified. Note on back of file print reads: "Bridges on Kaitoke side of Rimutaka Range. Wgton-Woodville Rly" Inscriptions: Verso - [Written in A P Godber's handwriting] Ladle Bend 2 "C" cars and 4 wheelvan; Verso - Stamped in ink - A P Godber Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 8.8.x 14 cm Processing information: Formerly filed in Turnbull Library Pictures at 385. Railways. Lines. Wairarapa