First Oamaru Railway Station
Production date
1880
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Description
First Oamaru Railway Station (1874), c.1880. Men on the platform of the old train station. Man standing next to locomotive on the tracks. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile building in the background. The photograph shows the first Oamaru railway Station built in 1873. It was first used as an office for the Public Works until trains began to run. This date is indefinite but the line to the Waitaki bridge was opened in September 1875 and after the opening of the bridge on 17 April 1876, traffic could go as far as Glenavy. The station was replaced with a new building in Humber Street which opened for use on 29 October 1900. The engine shed shown on the right of the photograph was moved to its present site soon after the opening of the station.
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Production date
1880
Collection type
Accession number
2596P
System ID
102724
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Organisation Credit Line
Collection of the Waitaki Archive. Id 102724
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