Video taken inside the Orongorongo Tunnel and exiting on the return leg. Constructed during the 1920s, this tunnel remains...
Wainuiomata: Orongorongo Catchment
Abandoned Orongorongo Caretakers House
David Johnson / / / History, Photos, Housing, Orongorongo Catchment, Waterworks / 0The caretaker’s house in the Orongorongo Valley served Wellington’s early water supply system and remained in use until the...
Evening Post 14 Aug 1929
David Johnson / / / History, News, Morton Dam, Newspaper, Orongorongo Catchment, Waterworks / 0Wellington’s 1930s water plan compares future supply options from Wainui, Orongorongo, Whakatikei, Akatarawa, and the Hutt River.
Evening Post 21 May 1925
David Johnson / / / History, News, Morton Dam, Newspaper, Orongorongo Catchment, Water Race, Waterworks / 0In the early days, said Mr. Morice, the sources of water supply were springs, streams, wells, and roofs of...
Dominion 03 Dec 1923
David Johnson / / / History, News, Dams, Morton Dam, Newspaper, Orongorongo Catchment, Proposed Dam, Waterworks / 0Mr Morton conceived the idea of converting the whole of the valley below the two existing dams into a...
Dominion 04 May 1923
David Johnson / / / History, News, Camps, Generators, Morton Dam, Newspaper, Orongorongo Camp, Orongorongo Catchment, Orongorongo Pipeline, Orongorongo Tunnel, Semple’s Camp, Waterworks / 0The erection on the western side of the path which leads on to the Morton Dam of a new...
Evening Post 04 May 1923
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Orongorongo Catchment, Orongorongo Pipeline, Orongorongo Tunnel, Waterworks / 0The supervising engineer, mention Easter as the outside date, by which everything will be ready so far as the...
The History of George Creek Road
David Johnson / / / History, Photos, Morton Dam, Orongorongo Catchment, Roads, Semple’s Camp, Streets, Waterworks / 0George Creek Road was built in 1922. It runs from Morton Dam to the Wainuiomata entrance of the Ōrongorongo...
Forgotten Power Generator Site
David Johnson / / / History, Photos, Artefacts, Orongorongo Catchment, Orongorongo Tunnel, Pipeline, Semple’s Camp, Waterworks / 0This hidden site in Wainuiomata is believed to have housed a power generator used during the construction of the...
Dominion 08 Sep 1919
David Johnson / / / History, News, Dams, Newspaper, Orongorongo Catchment, Railway, Waterworks / 0What I suggest to the City Council is this: that Mr Morton does not put in the proposed third...
Evening Post 10 May 1919
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Orongorongo Catchment, Waterworks / 0Briefly, Mr. Phillips' old proposal was first to throw the Orongorongo supply into the Wainui Reservoir (which is about...
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