A chance discovery this week. While on the hunt for a bit more info on Uc tank wagons, I stumbled on a description of building a model of Woburn station. Not that interesting you would think, but there were a couple of very hi-res aerial photos and a website Retrolens. You pick a location of interest and it pulls up all the aerial pictures of it with dates (starting in the early 1940's). There's 2 options (medium resolution and hi resolution) with hi-res in some cases really being something else. Heres a medium res picture of Paekakariki from 26th October 1963.
But as they say, you ain't seen nothing yet. Heres the hi-res version.
Looking at this I got a bit misty eyed, as it has answered so many of my questions. The Tilley Rd houses, the homes behind the single mens compound, the oil tanks arrangment, the plan view of the pub...
So, plenty to be getting on with, but I now finally have a solid over view of all the bits and can start fitting the details in.
2 comments:
Wow! I always wondered how the aggregate bins across from the loco depot worked, this picture explains it - clearly the hillside has moved quite a bit!
It's so amazing when a whole lot of crucial historical bits just fall into your lap.
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