The City Engineer (Mr W. H. Morton) proceeded to Ngahauranga yesterday afternoon to examine the break in the main.
Wainuiomata: Newspaper
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 “Venturi” meter at Wainui showed a loss of 250,000 gallons per hour, but Mr Morton could not account...
Mr. Joseph Saunders, a contractor, well known all over the colony in connection with several large public works, shot...
The average water consumption of the City thoughout the day was between 130,000 and 140,000 gallons per hour.
Application has been made to the Hutt County Council by William Thomas Strand, John Norris Strand, and Charles Strand,...
Mr Morton recently visited the Wainuiomata reservoir to inspect the repairing work that was carried out some months ago...
The extension of the Parliamentary franchise to the election of every local body, and the carrying out of public...
Construction of a new storage reservoir at Wainui-o-mata with concrete dam and all necessary contingent works.
Construction of a new storage A reservoir at Wainui o mata with concrete dam and all necessary contingent works.
£190,000 for the construction of a new storage reservoir at Wainui extension of 30in main from the existing dams...
The city engineer has laid a scheme before the council for improving the water supply, estimated at £150,000 to...
The annual Corporation picnic to the waterworks at Wainui-o-mata took place yesterday. Favoured by fine weather, the outing was...
The Public Works Committee recommended that the City Engineer repair the damage at the Wainui Waterworks caused by the...
The river was swollen to many times its usual size, and the outlet from the dam was insufficient to...
The old race along the side of the hill has been replaced by a new race tapping the dam...
A Venturi meter has been attached to the system and a river wall has also been built adjoining the...
The work of replacing the original and very defective water-race between the reservoir and the well at Wainui-o-mata has...
The old covered race being defective, is, in accordance with the Council’s decision, being replaced by 30-inch diameter cast...
1,526 yards of new mains were laid and 971 yards, the old covered race at Wainui-o-mata being replaced by...
I visited this work again on Wednesday last. The whole of the pipes have been laid up to the...
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