| Title: |
Bridge at Ongaroto, over the Waikato River |
| Subject: |
Bridges - New Zealand - Waikato Region |
| Abstract: |
Bridge at Ongaroto, over the Waikato River. Broad side view of a laminated timber arch bridge. Photograph taken between 1905 and 1935 by an unidentified photographer. |
| Geographic Location: |
Ongaroto |
| Addition Description: |
Source of descriptive information - Notes on print. Description of structure, and Historical notes, from Lowe, Peter. 'Fulton, James Edward 1854 - 1928'. Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, updated 7 April 2006. URL: http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/ Accessed 20 November 3006., This bridge was built as part of the Taupo Totara Timber Company's narrow-guage railway project from Putaruru south for approximately 50 miles to Mokai. The engineer-designer for this project was James Edward Fulton. Construction was completed in 1905. It was replaced with a steel bridge in 1935. , PART OF COLLECTION |
| Date Issued: |
[between 1905-1935] |
| Format: |
Resin-coated paper print, 16.1 x 21.7 cm |
| Reference No. |
PAColl-5521-19
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