Kōrero: Wairarapa region
Horse-drawn carts ascend the Rimutaka Hill Road from the Upper Hutt side in the 1870s. The road over the range was completed in 1856, improving access to the vital Wellington market. In 1878 a rail connection opened.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, James Bragge Collection
Reference: PA7-30-03
Photograph by James Bragge
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.
