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Horse-drawn wagon

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Horse-drawn wagon

A team of seven Clydesdales takes a corner on Taylor Pass, which connects the Awatere River valley with Blenheim. The wagon was carrying wool bales to Blenheim, around 1900 – probably from one of the sheep runs in the valley.

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Carl Walrond, Rural workers – On the road, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/17214/horse-drawn-wagon (accessed 10 June 2026).

Story by Carl Walrond, published 1 March 2009.