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Wellington City nightscape, City reflected in harbour

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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

 

  
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c. Front of railway station from roof of Waterloo Hotel and ground levelw. Opening, Civil Defence HQElevated view of Kilbirnie, Centennial ExhibitionCustomhouse Quay, workmen pouring tar on newly laid tram tracksPanoramas - Oriental Bayd. Windsor Place, drainage tunnela. Cnr Cambridge Tce-Tennyson Stb. Slip - Valley Streetc. Reception to Lochiel, Chief of the Cameron ClanWellington Zoo, Meerkatst. Workmen are working on the tramtracks inside the Karori Tunnel, outside entrance to tunnel. Machinery, motor vehicles, road worksDays Bay Road [ Muratai Road ]Civic Centre Reconstructiond. Properties in McDonald Crescent, tunnelling in Windsor Place, Drainageb. No 68 Curtis St, garage and propertyj. Various types of Corporation HousesKelburn Park playing fields, looking towards dwellings on Salamanca Roadn. No 3 Kemp StMunicipal Electricity Department control roomk. Laboratory, Corporation yardf. No 11 Evelyn PlaceThorndon Bathsm. Traffic DepartmentWaikare II launchWainui Damb. Concert Chamber, damage by Unity Theatred. Dwelling and garage, 120 Burma Road, Khandallaha. Trams & busesMonuments, Memorials, Wahinea. Reception, Town Hall, Sir Arthur PorrittMichael Fowler Centre, Mayor Michael FowlerCivic Centre ReconstructionCivic Centre Reconstructiong. Bay Roada. No 5 Park Road Flatsb. Ferguson sweeperSummer City - Sun Festival Bannersb. Customhouse Quay, alleged accidentSummer Cityb. King StMunicipal Association ExecutiveCivic Centre - ReconstructionCivic Centre ReconstructionSummer CityCivic Centre - Reconstructionb. Diversion Channel Boxworth, Karori swimming pooli. Workmen are working on the tramtracks inside the Karori Tunnel, outside entrance to tunnel. Machinery, motor vehicles, road worksg. Wakefield Street, corner of Tory Streetf. New Treatment Plant, Waterworks, WainuiCivic Centre Reconstruction
 
 
 

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