The First Bridge Is Built In Central Christchurch – February 1851
With the Opawaho (Heathcote River) and Otakaro (Avon River) weaving their way through the future site of Christchurch – not to mention the countless swamps and lagoons – crossing the newly named Canterbury Plains wasn’t for the fainted hearted. There wouldn’t have been many times that our Canterbury Association surveyors would have bedded down for …
