Owing to a burst having occurred in one of the water-pipes in the long tunnel in connection with the...
Wainuiomata: Long Tunnel
Evening Post 25 Oct 1883
David Johnson / / / History, News, Floods, Long Tunnel, Lower Dam, Newspaper, Pipeline, Sinclair, Tunnels, Waterworks / 0Several members of the City Council proceeded to Wainuio-mata yesterday for the purpose of inspecting the damage.
Evening Post 27 Apr 1883
David Johnson / / / History, News, Long Tunnel, Newspaper, Pipeline, Tunnels, Waterworks / 0The usual fortnightly meeting of the City Council took place last night, and was attended by the Mayor (Mr...
Evening Post 11 Apr 1883
David Johnson / / / History, News, Long Tunnel, Newspaper, Pipeline, Tunnels, Waterworks / 0That the contract for formation, &c., of the long tunnel, Wainui-o-mata, is about completed, and tenders called for laying...
Evening Post 28 Mar 1883
David Johnson / / / History, News, Long Tunnel, Newspaper, Oakes, Tunnels, Waterworks / 0That Mr A. E. Russell has declined the offer of the Council relative to the proposed purchase of the...
Waiwhetu Tunnel
David Johnson / / / History, Photos, Long Tunnel, Oakes, Tunnels, Waterworks / 0The Waiwhetu Tunnel was constructed in the 1880s as a brick-lined passage to transport water from Wainuiomata to Wellington.
Grey River Argus 13 Feb 1883
David Johnson / / / History, News, Long Tunnel, Newspaper, Tunnels, Waterworks / 0The long tunnel in connection with the Wainuiomata Water Works has been completed, and it is intended to celebrate the completion to-morrow.
New Zealand Times 16 Aug 1881
David Johnson / / / History, News, Coleman's Tunnel, Dams, Long Tunnel, Lower Dam, Newspaper, Oakes, Pipeline, Sinclair, Water Race, Waterworks / 0A visit of inspection to the Wainuiomata Valley waterworks, now in course of progress by the City Corporation, was...
Evening Post 04 Mar 1881
David Johnson / / / History, News, Long Tunnel, Newspaper, Pipeline, Tunnels, Waterworks / 0Laying 30- inch water mains between Black Creek and the Long Tunnel (about 140 chains) in the Wainui-o-mata Valley.
Evening Post 28 Sep 1880
David Johnson / / / History, News, Long Tunnel, Newspaper, Oakes, Tunnels, Waterworks / 0The tender of W. F. Oakes, for the long tunnel in connection with the Wainui-o-mata water works, has been...
William Frank Oakes
David Johnson / / / History, Photos, Long Tunnel, Persons, Pipeline, Tunnels, Water Race, Waterworks / 0W.F. Oakes was a notable contractor in the late 19th century, recognised for his contributions to infrastructure projects in...
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