Railway viaduct 12 kms south of National Park. Completed in 1908, and at that time the highest viaduct on the North Island Main Trunk Railway Line. See "Bridging the gap : early bridges in New Zealand 1830-1939" by Geoffrey Thornton.
Makatote Viaduct (N.Z.)
AFCM album 2
Date: Between 1910s and 1930s
From: AFCM :Six albums containing newspaper and magazine clippings, and some original photographs
By: Barker, Frank Giles, 1891-1955
Reference: PA1-f-002
Description: Includes a page showing the four main university colleges in New Zealand, circa 1930s; pages of botanical drawings; pages showing the Lever Brothers' soap manufacturing building, aspects of packaging Sunlight Soap and Lux soap powder at the factory, all photographed by F.G. Barker of Courtenay Place, Wellington. Also includes photographs and newspaper cuttings of transport used by country children going to school, including horseback and riding on cows. Images of various schools; bombers and fighters at Wigram Aerodrome during the visit to NZ of the Duke of York in 1927, including Bristol fighters, Avro 504 fighters, DH4 and DH9 bombers; map showing NZ as it would be situated if placed in corresponding latitude of Northern Hemisphere, NZ Government Railways; mean annual rainfall map of NZ (signed DG Bates, Director of Meteorological Office, 7.6.1911); farm buildings on Somes Island; cattle mustering at White Rock (Wairarapa); views of trains on the railway line between Pukerua Bay and Paekakariki before the Centennial Highway was constructed; view of the Jubilee floating dock arriving in Wellington in 1931, towed by two Dutch ocean-going tugboats.
Makatote Viaduct N.Z. (M[oun]t Ruapehu in background)
Date: 1923-1928
From: Panoramic photographs of New Zealand taken by R P Moore
By: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948
Reference: PA6-252
Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Anderson, Freda :Postcards of New Zealand and Australia
Date: [ca 1890-1931]
By: Anderson, Freda, active 1980s
Reference: PAColl-7302
Description: Postcards of New Zealand and Australia. Includes: Paihia showing the pier and a sign on a bathing hut for Mon Desir Guest House, with German writing and mention of Tracey's boarding house; the viaduct over the Makatote Gorge on the Main Trunk Railway; a ship moored at Lyttelton wharves; Town Hall and Wynyard Square, Sydney; and Government House from the Botanical Gardens, Melbourne. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s). 3 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Postcards
Godber album 8
Date: [Chiefly between 1912 and 1914]
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: PA1-o-198
Description: Album of photographs taken by Albert Percy Godber between 1912 and 1914. Images include Godber's family, a few of identified people (names listed in the name file), and many with no identification. One image of a group of fitters and turners apprentices at the Petone Railway Workshops, taken in 1913, has all the apprentices named (listed in the full record for Godber negative, APG-0457-1/2) Views of the old Central Fire Station at Petone, and the new Petone Fire Brigade Station; the aftermath of a huge fire at Cooks' Cooperage (on January 14, 1914); and a locomotive which had rolled. Local Petone scenes include the Petone Council Chambers and town clock, and a number of houses in the area, including the home of Godber's friend Tom Mather; Korokoro bush, and the Korokoro Reservoir. Away from the Wellington area, Godber photographed a number of houses in Clonbern Road area; the Makatote Viaduct and the Manganui-o-te-Ao Viaduct. Other Titles - Title lettered on spine - Godber Album 107 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown buckram cover; 25 x 32 cm
Tibbutt album 2
Date: [Between 1898 and 1907]
From: Tibbutt, Alfred George :Main Trunk Railway photographs
By: Tibbutt, Alfred George, 1864-1930
Reference: PA1-q-245
Description: There is a hand-written index inside the back cover, headed "A.G. Tibbutt, Victoria Studio, Hamilton, Feb. 14, 1907" and inscribed "To Fred & Mary, Nelson". At the end of the index it reads "Further albumns [sic] of views on sale". Fourteen coloured photographs taken during construction of the Raurimu Spiral, between 1898 and 1907. Photographs include Raurimu Town, the main street; the service road at Oio; bridge on the service road at Oio; a "miniature Niagara", Oio service road; the horse-shoe bend, Raurimu; snowed up in Raurimu; canvas-town at Raurimu; bullocks at work; skids moving trees in bush at Kakahi; model camp for the Maketoti [Makatote] Viaduct; Ruapehu from the viaduct; a young boy "the young bushman"; and "Old age & youth (one of Tibbutt's first Maori pictures"). Other Titles - Main Trunk Railway scenery. Photographs finished in oils Other Titles - Photographs finished in oils Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with red cover, entitled (in gold lettering) "Main Trunk Railway scenery. Photographs finished in oils, by A.G. Tibbutt, Raurimu"; 26 x 33 cm
Mount Tarawera, viaducts under construction, and the mountains of the Volcanic Plateau
Date: 1908-1910
From: Girdlestone, Hubert Earle, 1879-1918 : Albums relating to surveying, tramping and climbing
Reference: PA1-o-1226
Description: There are three main groups of images in this album. The first is about a climb up Mount Tarawera in September 1908. It includes views of the craters and the rift resulting from the eruption, and views over the surrounding countryside from the summit including lakes Tarawera and Rotomahana. The party also did some sailing in a launch on the lakes before moving on to the Waimangu thermal area and Wakarewarewa. The second group feature railway viaducts being constructed on the main trunk line in May 1908. Those depicted are the Makatote Viaduct, the Hapuawhenua Viaduct, and the Taonui Viaduct. There are two photographs of the road bridge over the Makatote River, and two photographs of the party picnicing in the bush by the river. The third group relates to climbing Mounts Ruapehu and Ngauruhoe over Easter 1909, and again over Easter 1910. There are views of Ngauruhoe erupting, the Mangaehuehu Glacier on Mount Ruapehu, the Crater Lake, the Ohinepango Spring, the party on both mountains, and a view Of Paretetaitonga Peak on Mount Ruapenu. Other images are photographic postcards one of which shows a group of Ohakune Boy Scouts on Mount Ruapehu (this group also includes four women). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
Makatote Viaduct
Date: [ca 1900]
Reference: PA4-1024
Description: Stereoscopic photograph of the Makatote Viaduct Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - The concrete piers, Makatote Viaduct; Backing board recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print
Railway bridges
Date: 1993-1995, 1997, 2000
From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage
Reference: PA12-11614
Description: Transparencies of railway 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 (town, city, or area). 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 5 rows. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies in plastic 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.
Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965 :[Sketchbook. 1951].
Date: 1951
From: Forbes, Josephine K, 1917-2005 :[John Lysaght Moore and Sophie Augusta Moore art works].
Reference: E-765
Description: Includes sketches with colour notes, of: Ohakune Jan 1951, Karioi Jan 29th 1951, Egmont from Makatote Viaduct. Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: Softbound sketchbook of 12 leaves, each 155 x 203 mm.
New Zealand scenery - Taranaki Region and Manawatu-Wanganui Region
Date: [ca 1930s], 1946-1959
From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
By: Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955
Reference: PAColl-0785-1-168
Description: Photographs for publication in NZ Free Lance, 1946-1959 Views of Palmerston North showing The Square and Broadway; Manawatu River, Ballance Bridge over the Manawatu River; Ratana Temple at Raetihi; Ruapehu from south-west; Makatote Viaduct; Raurimu Spiral; Centennial Memorial at Feilding; Woodville. Pukekura Park, New Plymouth; Flax Flat (between Marton and Turakina); Ohakune; Mt Taranaki (Mt Egmont); country road near Porewa railway station (6 miles from Marton); unidentified rural scenes - [Whites Aviation (No F3337)], waterfall; trout fishing House of Mr J Cooper at Newman with topiary on front lawn (photographer W Hall Raine) Quantity: 45 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints
Willoughby, H J :Postcards of New Zealand scenes
Date: [ca 1910-1925]
By: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925; Northwood, Arthur James, 1880-1949; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; Winkelmann, Henry, 1860-1931
Reference: PAColl-0603
Description: Postcards of New Zealand scenes mostly in Waikato and Northland, including the new Awanui Wireless Station at Kaitaia; a steam locomotive on the railway bridge next to Victoria Battery; the interior of Union Battery; view of Whakatane with Regan's Commercial Hotel on the left and a billiards hall at the end of the street; a view over Port Chalmers; Mount Ruapehu covered in snow; a steam ship docking at the wharf at Tauranga; a steam ship pulling away from the wharves at Whangarei; view over Dargaville from Mount Wesley; view down Victoria Street, Dargaville looking towards the railway station; view over Kaitaia from the hotel; sheep mustered next to the Kaeo River; the road and rail bridges over the Waikato River in Hamilton; the Hauraki Pumping Plant in Thames; the extension works at Waihi Grand Junction Battery; the steam ship Clansman at the wharf at Mangonui; the Mokau Coal Mines on the Mokau River with boats moored at the jetty; the school and church at Mangonui; the Topeheihei Falls near Morrinsville; a crowd of people outside the mountain house with Mount Taranaki in the background; Marine Parade, Napier looking north; view over Petone towards Somes Island showing the carriage works and the mill next to the jetty; Glaxo factory at Matamata; a viaduct near Te Kuiti; a train on the Rimutaka Incline; and three views from the Northern Steam Ship Company's annual summer cruise of Port Fitzroy, Whangaroa, and Doubtless Bay. Quantity: 50 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).
New Zealand scenes, events and personalities, etc
Date: 1927-1951
From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
Reference: PAColl-0785-1-141
Description: Photographs published in NZ Free Lance, 1924-1951. Subjects include: `Operation Oyster' at Bluff, Jun 1950; Lewis Pass (Maruia Springs), Jun 1950; stranding of `Wahine' at Maseia Island and rescue by naval tug HMAS Emu, Aug 1951; Theatre Guild on tour at Raumati Beach, Feb 1950; South Seas voyage of Nelson yacht `Blue Seas'; New Zealand Grand Prix held at Ohakea, 1950; Mr Kelly and sketching class in Hagley Park, (undated); National Time Keeping (Master clock), 1951; Miss Marjorey Hurrey showing children Maori carving at Auckland War Memorial Museum, 1950; making snowman at The Hermitage; motoring through kauris in Waipoua State Forest; trout fishing at Hamurana Spring, N-W shore of Lake Rotorua, 1939. Also: ANZAC Day parade, Auckland, 1940; camp site at Western Springs, 1949; haymaking at Tipapa Station (undated); monument at Okarito; Waipori hydro-electric works, 1930; Fernside Garden bridge; newly erected hut on Mt Ruapehu erected by Manawatu Tramping Club, 1950; `dangerous' level-crossing at Woodside, 1927; Otaki sanatorium, 1929; Women's Hospital at Hanmer, 1931; party on horseback crossing Doubtful River to inspect proposed route over Lewis Saddle, Jun 1929; aerial view of tennis courts (Christchurch?); yachts at Lyttelton; old house built by William & John Deans (1843) in grounds of Riccarton House, 1949; Waiheke Island, Jan 1949; etc. Quantity: 87 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints
Makatote Viaduct
Date: [ca 1900]
Reference: PA4-0919
Description: Stereoscopic photograph of the Makatote Viaduct Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - The concrete piers, Makatote Viaduct; Backing board recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print
Postcard album
Date: 1904-1914
From: Starke, June, 1923-2006: Photographs
Reference: PA1-q-609
Description: Postcards of Britain, Europe, Samoa, Tonga, and New Zealand Quantity: 1 album(s). Provenance: This album belonged to the Jack family. Margaret Laing (ca 1898-1959) who was June Stark's aunt and her Father's sister, married James Wilson Jack (ca 1887-1950s). It was through this marriage that the album came into June's family. James Jack's father was the Harbour Master at Tayport opposite Dundee, Scotland. He and his family came to New Zealand in 1887 for the sake of the health of his children (two daughters died of TB). Jack senior became a merchant in Wellington.
Rabey, Christopher :Photographs of Wellington, Palmerston North, Invercargill and Strat...
Date: 1850-1906
By: Rabey, Christopher, active 1999
Reference: PAColl-6080
Description: Towns and cities. The Makatote Viaduct and Wairoa Bridge. Arrowtown street and Hotel, and the Royal Hotel Riverton, both dating from 1850. Many are early photographs with business signs on shops and views of streets. The Wellington photographs dating from the 1880s show houses on Mount Vectoria and Te Ato Flat. Quantity: 24 b&w original photographic print(s).
Waterfall, near Makatote, NZ. A G Tibbutt. F T Series no. 2232A.
Date: Between 1910 and 1913
By: Tibbutt, Alfred George, 1864-1930
Reference: PA5-0159
Description: Waterfall, near Makatote showing people on the bridge, taken by Alfred George Tibutt ca 1910-1913. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph 87 x 138 mm
Makatote viaduct, Tongariro National Park
Date: 21 Mar 1956
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-40964-F
Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate
Makatote Viaduct, Ruapehu District, Manawatu-Wanganui Region
Date: 24 Jan 1957
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-42888
Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Photographic negative
Stout album
Date: [Circa 1895 to 1919]
By: Stout, Thomas Duncan Macgregor (Sir), 1885-1979; Aldersley, David James, 1862-1928; Beattie, William, 1864-1931; Billens, Henry, 1846-1936; Blencowe, James Rasdell, 1871-1945; Denton, Frank James, 1869-1963; Jones, Frederick Nelson, 1881-1962; Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Miller, C, active 1900s; Morris, Guy Clayton, 1868-1918; Muir & Moodie (Firm); Parkerson, C P, active 1911-1912; Preen, Edith, active 1907; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; Tanner Brothers Ltd (Publishers); Whalley and Company; Winzenberg, Albert Edward, 1865-1931; Zachariah, Joseph, 1867-1965
Reference: PA1-q-226
Description: Album of postcards with subjects ranging from religious, humourous, British scenes, greetings, old paintings, New Zealand scenes, interspersed with some family and personal photographs. None of the personal subjects are named, but where possible the names of photographers are listed above. A loose envelope is inserted inside the back cover, containing a few more general postcards, but also including an envelope containing a group portrait of boys from the VIth standard at Terrace School, Wellington, in 1895. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown cover, entitled "Album" in stylised white lettering; 34 x 24 cm
School house at Ohakune; Pipiriki-Tokaanu coach outside the Post Office at Ohakune; and...
Date: [ca 1900]
From: Child, Edward George, 1860-1949 :Photographs of the Ohingaiti district
Reference: 1/4-016540-G
Description: School house at Ohakune; Pipiriki-Tokaanu coach outside the Post Office at Ohakune; Makatote viaduct under constuction. Photographs taken circa 1900. Photographer(s) unidentified. Other - These photographs, published in an unidentified publication, were copied by Edward George Child between circa 1892-1910. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative