Riley's bridge between Ohakune and Waiouru; construction train crossing, c 1908

Object detail

Accession number

12-4094

Description

Concrete pier and steel beam single track bridge with extra central steel truss over stream; small steam loco crossing with 6 trucks loaded with timber; 15 or so workers aboard

Marks

Hand-written

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Paper/Photographic

Physical description

1 photograph : black and white ; 10 x 15 cm.

Credit Line

1908?. Riley's bridge between Ohakune and Waiouru; construction train crossing, c 1908, 12-4094. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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Classification

Photograph Print, Photographic Communication Artefacts Documentary Artefacts Graphic Documents

Subject

North Island Main Trunk (Rileys Bridges) Bridges file General Collection New Zealand Railroad bridges

Collection type

Pictorial Walsh Memorial Library

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