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Wellington City Archives is the business archive of the Wellington City Council. Our collections date from the 1840s to the present day.

 

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Feature: Thomas Ward Maps/ Whakaaturanga Thomas Ward Mahere

1892 map sheet 33

 

     
Circa 1900 map sheet 33

 

  
Link to 1892 maps   Link to 1900 maps
 
 

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g. Wainui ReservoirSummer Citya. No 1 Stafford Stc. No 11 Arlington Std. Kerb Shed, Corporation yardSummer Cityo. Various buildings and shops, Lambton Quay, Manners St, Featherston St, Panama Streetb. Workman digging trenchNYC, The Short Ballets from The Big AppleSummer CityMain Road, Karorit. Emerson Street, Berhampore, Floodingg. Worser Bay, Launching Rampq. Seatoun Heights RoadCivic Centre - ReconstructionView along Bowen Street prior to the Western Access development that extended Bowen Street to join up with Tinakori Road. The Congregational Church is on the leftBotanical Gardens, opening of waterfall at Rose Garden, Sir Walter Norwood, CR R L Archibald, Sir Francis Joseph Kitts, GP David George Porter, R Campbell (light coat), Nanson157 Karori Road, "Headlines" salon: valance around verandah without permit and obstructing Sauna Parlour signp. Mr Gott, Mr Mole, Mr Willard, or Mr Andy Ward23 Richmond Avenue: broken sewer drain, general state of kerb etcb. Binham Sta. GEC site, Cnr Dixon and Herbert Streetsl. Careers Seriesl. Substandard dwellings. see log bookSpecific sites around city and Denis O'Connor's worka. MED, Drainage, Hamilton RoadCity Scapes, Museum Building, Buckle Street, exterior viewb. Mr AH Thomas and senior officers, Milk DeptCivic Centre - ReconstructionParks and Recreation - Summer City ProgrammesWaikare IIE, Installing artwork, artiste. Traffic Safety Week, Council Chambers, Sir Arthur Galsworthy14 Mana Street, rubbish by wall top of batterc. Various reservoirsCivic Centre Reconstructionb. Oswald CrescentHarold Pinter, The Homecomingt. Observation bus tourStewart Fountain, Christchurchc. Doctors Car, Milk Dept Truckm. Interior and exterior views of a two storey wooden dwelling. Faulty plumbing and wiringb. Woman from Town Clerk's Typist Pool Copies of old tip sitesCopy: Abortion, Apartheid, Unions, Nuclear (posters, handouts, protests)dh. Safety Week, Traffic DeptCivic Centre ReconstructionSakai Sister City Events, Civic Square, martial arts displayg. Construction of new bridge, workmen, machinery, motor vehicles. Road is being resurfacedStatue, Botanical Gardens
 
 
 

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