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Boat Harbour Wellington NZ, No. 391

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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
 
 

Image Lucky Dip / Tou Waimarie Whakaahua

Ngaio, view from Alpin TerraceBrooklyn Library, interiorKeith Spry, Councillor, Wellington City CouncilSummer CityAro StreetMunicipal Conference1 Haines Terracea. Riddiford St, Newtown library and flatsBlackbridge Road-Churchill Drivec. Glenside Sewerage Treatment PlantOtari Gardens, shrubs etcZoo Miniature Railway, 1966-1997, certificate for passengers of final train ride 8 May 1997a. 49A-51 The CrescentCambridge Terrace, Kent Terrace, Courtenay Place: building facades for eyebolt placementu. Footpaths - various streets. Lombard Street Parking building from Manners StDominion Observatory, Salamanca RoadSummer CitySar Street sewage tunnel: Wellington City Council viewingKaituna IICaptain Chaffers Chart, of Port NicholsonMural, Newtown SchoolSummer CityNo 1, 3, 5 and 7 Evelyn Place: houses and yardsac. Rear of unknown buildinga. Hobart Street and Fife Lane flatsDerelict vehicles and parked carsCarols By Candle Lighto. Footpaths, Roadways, ManholesCivic Centre - Reconstructionh. Tram tracksOld Library and Technical collegeWhitmore Street, newly laid tram rails, prior to concretingSummer City Busbh. Safety Week, Traffic Depta. Carlton Gore Road, b. Flats, Park RoadCustomhouse Quay, workmen working on newly laid tram tracksg. 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 QuinnWilliam Clauson and unidentified man drinking at the Monde Marie coffee barf. Zook. Slip in slope above building. Damage to buildingb. Workmen, machineryCivic Centre - Reconstructionaf. Safety Week, Traffic DeptAerial View of Wellington 1947, Miramar, Nevay Road, Totora Road, Darlington RoadMiramar Panorama, Māori place names, part 5 of 9Ms Bacon-US Charge d'AffairesCable Car emerging from Kelburn Tram TunnelMount Street, Circa 192055 Stanley Street, BerhamporeJervois Quay c.1900
 
 
 

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