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Printed on front of photo, bottom – 4:2:36 2[0.]

Stamped on back with black ink – 1 x 8

Wooden bridge over Blackwood Stream (built in 1927), Mangahao, 1936. This photograph shows a slip at the right which caused damage to road (foreground). The bridge is located between Tramway Creek and Lower No.1 Dam.

See also – Acc.#2000.566.0028 identical photo (with stream referred to as Blackwoods Creek).

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

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bridge storm damage mangahao river,
hhs photograph collection,
hydro-electric scheme - mangahao,
mangahao (shannon),
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