Saturday, 10 October 2015

Early construction on the Moutohora Branch - Auckland Weekly News November 1901

Railway construction in Poverty Bay, Auckland: Ballasting the new line between Gisborne and Ormond.

Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, AWNS-19011107-12-1


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Natives at work loading ballast for the new Gisborne-Ormond line. This railway is intended to connect Gisborne with Auckland some day, either via Opotiki or Galatea.

 Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, AWNS-19011114-5-4


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Gisborne's first Railway Station, now in the course of construction.

Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, AWNS-19011114-6-7 


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