WAN Check out the Feilding & Districts Community Archive Toll-keeper and family at the Manawatu Gorge toll-gate The Gorge road opened in 1872, and in 1875 the Government established a tollhouse at the Woodville end to defray the cost of maintaining the road. Hans Olsson was the third and last toll-keeper. In 1912 tolls were abolished and the tollhouse was closed making the Olssons redundant and the small settlement which grew up around the tollhouse disappeared. The fee for a horse and rider was ninepence, a horse and cart was one shilling and threepence, and sheep travelling through the gorge were charged per head. Mrs Olsson and their son, Joseph Gottfred Olsson, are on the right. Open 10am to 4pm Thursdays . and other days by arrangement Coach House Museum 121 South Street Feilding 4702 archives@feildingarchive.org Find out more about us Feilding & Districts Community www.feildingarchive.org ARCHIVE WAN Check out the Feilding & Districts Community Archive Toll-keeper and family at the Manawatu Gorge toll-gate The Gorge road opened in 1872, and in 1875 the Government established a tollhouse at the Woodville end to defray the cost of maintaining the road. Hans Olsson was the third and last toll-keeper. In 1912 tolls were abolished and the tollhouse was closed making the Olssons redundant and the small settlement which grew up around the tollhouse disappeared. The fee for a horse and rider was ninepence, a horse and cart was one shilling and threepence, and sheep travelling through the gorge were charged per head. Mrs Olsson and their son, Joseph Gottfred Olsson, are on the right. Open 10am to 4pm Thursdays . and other days by arrangement Coach House Museum 121 South Street Feilding 4702 archives@feildingarchive.org Find out more about us Feilding & Districts Community www.feildingarchive.org ARCHIVE