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Story: Manawatū and Horowhenua places

Train running through the Square

Train running through the Square

Until 1963 the main trunk railway line ran through the centre of Palmerston North – the Square.

About this item

Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: 1/2-151711; F
Photograph by William Barbour Beattie

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

How to cite this page:

Malcolm McKinnon. 'Manawatū and Horowhenua places', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 22-Sep-11
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/manawatu-and-horowhenua-places/5/5