The spread of the Fire was, in our opinion, due, firstly, to the failure of the Wainui water supply;...
Wainuiomata: History
Articles exploring the history of Wainuiomata, dating back to the 1860s
Documenting the fascinating history of Wainuiomata with an ever growing collection of articles. Includes posts about the origins and pioneering period of Wainuiomata to historical sites and artefacts. Each article is dated, but the date represents the subject and not the date when the article was written. For example, when an article primarily focuses on a photograph captured in 1840 or discusses topics related to that specific year, the article will be time stamped with that year.
This approach provides readers with an experience, allowing them to traverse through history in chronological order and gain a precise understanding of how historical events and elements are situated within the broader timeline of Wainuiomata’s history. Nonetheless, when an article covers a lengthy period concerning its main subject, it will be time stamped based on the featured image, most recent image, or the date of the main subject.
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Historical Articles
The City Engineer (Mr W. H. Morton) proceeded to Ngahauranga yesterday afternoon to examine the break in the main.
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...
Discover the history of the venturi meter installed around 1902 near Reservoir Road, used to measure flow in Wellington’s...
A Venturi meter has been attached to the system and a river wall has also been built adjoining the...
A new pipeline between the old dam and Coleman’s Tunnel in Wainuiomata was constructed between 1899 and 1902.
The work of replacing the original and very defective water-race between the reservoir and the well at Wainui-o-mata has...
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