Wellington Harbour Board Aerial Contact Prints, 1975

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Archives IdentifierAC109Date Range1975DescriptionThis series comprises aerial photographs covering parts of Wellington Harbour where the Wellington Harbour Board owned land or ran facilities. The prints were commissioned in 1975 and produced by New Zealand Aerial Mapping, as an update to the Harbour Boards 1968 set of aerial photographs (series AC108). Where the previous set only covered selected parts of Wellington Harbour this new set was intended to cover the entire shoreline under the Harbour Board’s jurisdiction (roughly Owhiro Bay to Baring Head). No correspondence has been found to confirm why the Harbour Board purchased them. It is assumed that as with previous sets the aerials provided a record of development taking place, and helped with future planning. The prints are at a scale of 250 feet to an inch, equivalent to 1:3,000. Each individual print is indexed using the alpha numeric code created by NZ Aerial Mapping and used in series AC108. Each letter represents a different flyover and the number represents each photo taken during that particular run. Streets and harbour facilities (such as wharves) shown on each print have been noted to help with research Although the Harbour Board ordered 377 contact prints, only 173 of the prints are held, covering Owhiro Bay to Kaiwharawhara.Quantity (Linear Metres)0.17MediumPhotographSystem of ArrangementBy sheet numberCollection TypeWellington Museums Trust

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Wellington Harbour Board Aerial Contact Prints, 1980

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Restriction StatusOpen

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Controlling or Creating AgencyWHB, Chief Engineer's DepartmentRelationship Date RangeUnknown

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Related SeriesPredecessor SeriesWellington Harbour Board Aerial Contact Prints, 1968Controlling Series

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Wellington Harbour Board Aerial Contact Prints, 1975