There is a Venturi meter at the intake on the large main at Wainui-o-mata, and for the new Orongorongo...
Wainuiomata: Newspaper (Page 3)
Newspaper Articles about Wainuiomata
A growing collection of searchable newspaper articles about the Lower Hutt suburb of Wainuiomata. These articles span nearly 150 years of news, dating from as far back as 1866 to the present day.
Many of these older news articles, cover the story of the lower dam’s construction and flooding events over the decades. These particular articles are also available in a single document from the Wainuiomata Historical Museum Society in PDF format.
The City Council last evening granted authority for the purchase a Venturi water meter for the Orongorongo-Karori main.
Proposals made by the Wellington Acclimatisation Society for thinning out deer at the Wainui-o-mata waterworks reserve.
The increase in the number of deer in the Wainui sanctuary was such that the undergrowth of the native...
The increase in the number of deer in the Wainui sanctuary was such that the undergrowth of the native...
From the day power was supplied on the Wainui side, the time occupied in making the 7 ft. square...
Early on Tuesday morning the tunnellers working on the Orongorongo side heard, for the first time, shots fired on...
Mr Morton conceived the idea of converting the whole of the valley below the two existing dams into a...
Several complaints have been made about the possibility of drainage from the tunnelling camp at Wainui polluting the Wellington...
On the Wainui side there is ample level ground for a camp site, but the Orongorongo has carved out...
The erection on the western side of the path which leads on to the Morton Dam of a new...
The supervising engineer, mention Easter as the outside date, by which everything will be ready so far as the...
At Wainui-o-mata both reservoirs are practically full, but they are no longer overflowing, and the ground in the catchment...
Authority has been given by the City Council for the purchase of 153½ acres of land at Wainui-o-mata for...
The party is now being moved to complete the survey of the Wainuiomata route, work on which was suspended...
Three camps are installed here. The surveyors, numbering three men; the council camp of 21 workers doing the outside...
Boring operations have been commenced and preparations are being made for the establishment of a permanent camp for the...
A 1921 newspaper article exploring the southern Tararua and Remutaka ranges, including Puketaha Peak and other prominent mountains.
The gang has now returned to the main camp at the tunnel mouth on the Wainui side of the...
At the top of a gully two miles from the Morton Dam at Wainui-o-mata, eight huts, besides a kitchen...
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