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Bridge over the Manawatu River at Whirokinoin 1944. The former bridge had collapsed and a swing bridge was temporarily erected in the gap. In the background piles for the new bridge are being constructed up-river from the site of the collapsed bridge.

Laminated copy.

Any use of this image must be accompanied by the credit “Foxton Historical Society”

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Date
1944

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1944,
bridge manawatu river,
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