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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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Steeple Rock LighthouseWellington Zoo Programme and an Irish Visitor at a park or garden, c.1982Civic Centre Reconstructions. Sar St, Washoutb. Adelaide Roadd. Council ChamberFarewell at Library for Jacquie Baxter (J C Sturm)e. Walworth Road tipc. Town Plan Receptiona. Buildings Willis Std. Staff - CafeteriaSummer City, Tae Kwan DoPresident Johnson, USA with Councillorss. No 31 Rata Rd, Pohutukawa roots in sewer drain (Mr B Zimmerman)a. Excavations, Willis St-Manners Stg. Webb Street, Retaining WallParks and Recreation - Botanical Gardensa. Hanson St Flats Stage 2Awateab. Harrisons Store, NewlandsCivic Centre - Reconstructionf. Mount Victoria Development schemea. Footpath, Hill Staa. Town Planning, Traffic, Courtenay PlacePhotograph of the new alsphaltic concrete surface on High Street, previously identified as Main Hutt Road in the Lower Hutt Borough. Area of wooden dwellings, High Street, October 1925Theatreo. 58 Stanley St, collapsed 6 inch sewerUnidentified machinery outside workshopsPortrait of John Smith Jnr, Councillorc. Hay St Drainage, job 9350Ngauranga Gorge - Angell's Bridge at 18 corner'Movie Nights', Paramount Theatre (Deluxe Cafe), 25 Courtenay Placea. Alleged accident, Steps, Thule Stg. No 28 Oriental Terrace, Cavity on footpath and collapsed storm water earthenware drain under garageCivic Centre ReconstructionCivic Centre - Reconstructiona. Salamanca Roada. Miss C Guthrie, Telephone operator, Corporation yardc. Building development, Miramarb. No 16 Kotinga Streeta. Centennial Hall, NewlandsBrown Street: 6 and 8 occupied and destroyed by Mongrel Mob , exteriors and interior No 6, 1 and 3 buildings in poor condition, 41-43 Adelaide RoadDedication of memorial to Dr Cockayne, at Otari ParkDowntowner bus at Wakefield Depotk. Job 3104, Warwick Stq. Cooking contest in MED showroomsKatherine Mansfield Memorial ParkElevated view of Hotel Saint George, corner of Boulcott Street and Willis Streetb. Flatsa. Workmen are pouring concrete from ' Certified Concrete Ltd ' truck to seal a piece of road in front of 8 and 10 Adelaide Road, a single storey wooden dwelling and Saint Annes Daycare
 
 
 

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