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Inscription on reverse reads: “Original in Turnbull. Don. Mr C Adkin.”

A double line of power poles crosses the land near Cheslyn Rise, Queen Street East when transmission lines were being erected from Managhao, December 1923.

Any use of this image must be accompanied by the credit “Horowhenua Historical Society Inc.”

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