Source: Wainuiomata School bridge, Lower Hutt, Wellington. Burdan, Claude Oswald, 1896-1972 :Photographs chiefly of Wainuiomata. Ref: 1/2-060602-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22738393
The Main Road Bridge use to be called Wainuiomata School Bridge.
Charles Seymer Whitcher (1885 – 1961) constructed a single-lane concrete bridge across the Wainuiomata River in the year 1916. It was called the ‘School Bridge’ because it connected The Village to Wainuiomata School (now Wainuiomata Primary School).
