Hyderabad Road, Napier
Maker
Sorrell, Percy Caz
Current rights
Public Domain
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Object detail
About this object
View of Hyderabad Road looking towards Napier Hill taken during the construction of the East Coast Railway Line. On the left side of the image, a type A Erie shovel built by the Ball Engine Company is in operation. Two teams of horses are also at work. Two men, one with a pick axe and shovel, are visible on the side of the hill above the steam shovel.
Photographer, Percy Sorrell.
Date unknown.
Photographer, Percy Sorrell.
Date unknown.
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 164 x 209mm
Signature/Inscription
Box 7, Inscription, Handwritten
P C Sorrell, Signature, Handwritten
H.B. Art Gallery and Museum, Stamp, Stamp
W 1, Inscription, Handwritten
P C Sorrell, Signature, Handwritten
H.B. Art Gallery and Museum, Stamp, Stamp
W 1, Inscription, Handwritten
Classification terms
Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
1911-1930s
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 3750
Credit Line
gifted by Mr C R McMillan
Other number(s)
m67/43 b, 3750, 76207
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