Timber Groynes, Manawatu River
More Info →- Description
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This photo shows the timber groynes built by the Palmerston North Borough Council in an attempt to prevent riverbank erosion, c 1909-1910. The river moved south-westward at at this bend between the 1890s and the 1940s and serious erosion took place.
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Relation
- Public Photograph Collection St 30
- Date
- circa 1909
- Digitisation id
- 2014N_St30_008742
- Held in
- Coolstore
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Creation
- Created By
- Unknown
- Place
- Palmerston North
Object rights
- License
- No Known Restrictions
Taxonomy
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