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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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Chart of Wellington Water Works supply detailsSummer CityMilitary parade of men enlisting, Lambton Quaya. Accident - Gradall, Makara HillSummer Citya. Damaged motor vehicle, Waterloo Quayf. Severn St. Kellsmere Avenueh. Civic Square at night, approx 8pmf. Storm damage, Wakefield Street, Majoribanks Street, Mount VictoriaSummer CityCity Scapes, corner of Dixon Street and Taranaki Streetd. Copy of drawing proposed Bolton Street piazza [newspaper clipping]Summer CitySummer City - Hot Café with a Little Percolation / Human JukeboxCivic CentrePresentation at Computer Servicesa. Drainage, Duncan Terrace, Kilbirniek. No 354 Oriental Parade, substandard dwelling (Mr Spiros Savos)a. Construction of Driveway, 56 Helston Road, Johnsonville RoadCivic Centre Reconstructionh. Drainage, Curtis StreetSummer CityWellington COVID 19 Lock Down walk and drive arounde. Wilton Road, Drainage tunnelb. Broderick Road, FlatsCopy: Abortion, Apartheid, Unions, Nuclear (posters, handouts, protests)B, Open Day, Saturday, 7 December, 1991c. Site, new pumping station, Haywardsd. Inside Drainage Pumping Station, Whitmore StreetSummer Cityp. Opening of Traffic House, Dixon Stg. No 21 Mitchell Sth. Traffic and Transport Authority Conferencea. Street Works, 79 Waipapa Roadf. Views of streetscape, road surface, road works, machinery, motor vehicles, people, street signs, commercial buildings, Foresters Arms Hotelc. Classroom and group photographs, Traffic SchoolCivic Centre Reconstructiong. 18 Grafton Roadd. Abattoirsd. Harrisons Store, NewlandsThe Bodyb. Farmers Lane stepsLeyland Leopard with 'Bonus Bonds' advertisment painted onEvans Bay Electricity Department Power Housec. Happy Valley Rd, traffic prosecutionh. Days Bayf. New grandstand, Rugby League parkq. Opening, Civil Defence HQCivic Dinner: Renouf Foyer, Inaugural AwardsCivic Centre Reconstruction
 
 
 

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