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Panorama of Oriental Parade and Oriental Bay

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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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Abattoir, new building under constructionf. Japanese Lily, Botanical Gardensb. Streetscape, corner Karori Road, Fancourt Street and Hatton Street, KaroriRoyal Visit, crowds gathered to welcome Prince of Wales, Lambton QuayCivic Centre Reconstructionl. Cuba St, Jervois Quay: footpath outside Town HallKelburn Park playing fields, looking towards the Hunter Building, Victoria UniversityParks and Recreation - Dragon Dance Festivalb. Pumping Station, JohnsonvilleBuzz O'Bumble's Christmas, 20th AnniversaryCivic Centre Reconstruction2 Hay StreetLyall Bay sea wallEvans Bay from Duncan Terraceh. Accesses, Hornsey Road and Sutherland Rd, reconstructionResidential area, Kelburnb. Views from roof of municipal buildingf. No 44 Owen St, Uneeda Fruit Co. large stacks of empty fruit boxesd. Views from Townsend Estate. Views from Oriental Baydp. Safety Week, Traffic Depti. Copies, Turnbull Library maps of early WellingtonPanoramas - HarbourWaikare II launchPostcards, Te Aro ParkElevated view of Lyall Bay, from Southgateh. Airport, relighting and repaving runwayWellington Public LibraryMobil Street RaceBotanical 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), Nansona. Taranaki Street Wharf, Drainagee. Gas Co, Tory St, Cracked wallSummer CitySummer CitySummer Cityd. Onslow Water Tank, re-lining of interiora. Karori Reservoir area, workmen installing pipesCivic Centre Reconstruction3, 5, 8, 10 Batham Drive, prior demolitionf. No 11 Arlington Stp. Mataroa Street (LB Harford), encroachment on Town Belt, taken from Salamanca Rdg. Large concrete pipe being laid in a trench. Workmen are using a digger to dig the trench and transfer the pipe from the back of a truck. Contractor is C R Quinng. Tip-Top Ice Cream Factoryd. Transit Camp, Darlington Road, Miramark. Waterworks, Wainuic. Panorama - Morton DamCivic Centre ReconstructionTofua II, Tongae. Various views of Taranaki Street road works. Includes Traffic Offices directing traffic, the Panama Hotel on the corner of Vivian Street, Wright Stevenson Building, workmen and equipment, and motor vehicleb. No 19 Kellsmere Crescentf. Job 9169
 
 
 

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