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Turakina station, 1951 (2nd of 2)

Turakina station, 1951

Sheep crowd a pen in the Turakina station yard, near Whanganui, waiting to be loaded onto a train. Until restrictions on road freighting were lifted, from the 1970s, livestock were mostly transported by rail.

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kawanatanga
Reference: AAVK W3493 B1727
Photograph by John LeCren

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Nancy Swarbrick. 'Rural services', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 27-Sep-11
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/rural-services/3/4/2