Te Hēnui Bridge and Plaques, Devon Street

Te Hēnui Bridge Plaques

Text of Plaque 1

TE HENUI BRIDGE

1842 - By this date a substantial bridge had been erected by the settlers.

1849 - The original bridge  was rebuilt in timber.

1904 - The bridge was again rebuilt in timber with composite trusses on concrete abutments.

1931 - The bridge was widened with a concrete arch on the northern side.

1968 - The timber portion was reconstructed in concrete on the 1904 abutments.

Text of Plaque 2

1904

R. Cock, Esq     Mayor

Councillors

C. Ahier      G.W. Brown    W. F. Brooking

C. Carter   G. Cliff   W. A. Collis

J.S.S. Medley   F. E. Wilson   A. W. Wood

F. T. Bellringer   Town Clerk

E. Harvey Gibbon    A.M.I.C.E.

Borough Engineer,   W.F. Short