The city councillors paid an official visit to the Wainui-o-mata works and closely examined the race in which the...
Wainuiomata: History
Articles about the history of Wainuiomata sorted by date.
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.
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Wanganui Chronicle 01 Mar 1887
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Water Race, Waterworks / 0The 'crack' in the Wainui-o-mata water race is 26ft long and two or three inches wide. Wanganui Chronicle 01...
Southland Times 28 Feb 1887
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Pipeline, Water Race, Waterworks / 0The city councillors paid an official visit to the Wainuiomata works yesterday and closely examined the race in which...
New Zealand Times 28 Feb 1887
David Johnson / / / History, News, Lower Dam, Newspaper, Water Race, Waterworks / 0The anticipated arrival of the Wigtonshire with another consignment from Glasgow will prevent the necessity of even the slightest...
Evening Post 25 Feb 1887
David Johnson / / / History, News, Lower Dam, Newspaper, Pipeline, Water Race, Waterworks / 0Whoever informed our representative that the 25-feet crack in the water-race at Wainui- o-mata was known to the Corporation, had misled...
Evening Post 25 Feb 1887
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Oakes, Water Race, Waterworks / 0A crack existed a long time back, and it was also known that the work was defective when the...
New Zealand Times 25 Feb 1887
David Johnson / / / History, News, Dams, Lower Dam, Newspaper, Water Race, Waterworks / 0As far as they could gather the race had been leaking for some time—he would say for about six...
New Zealand Times 23 Feb 1887
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Water Race, Waterworks / 0It is said that over millions of gallons leave the Wainui reservoir daily for distribution in Wellington, or more...
Evening Post 11 Feb 1887
David Johnson / / / History, News, Dams, Lower Dam, Newspaper, Pipeline, Water Race, Waterworks / 0A crack existed a long time back, and it was also known that the work was defective when the...
I went through the race from one end to the other and find that the race for about ⅞ths...
With reference to the recent complaints as to the sudden stoppage of the Wainui-o-mata water supply, the City Surveyor...
The daily flow to be 4,320,000 gallons; practically speaking, the whole of this quantity passes through the concrete race.
Water-Supplies for Mining and Agricultural Purposes, and Towns
David Johnson / / / History, News, Coleman's Tunnel, Newspaper, Pipeline, Water Race, Waterworks / 0The water-supply of this city is obtained from two sources – one from the Kaiwarawara Creek and the other...
Evening Post 29 Nov 1886
David Johnson / / / History, News, Logging, Newspaper, Waterworks / 0Securing a block of 2000 acres of land above the reservoir, so as to prevent the destruction of the...
Three 24-inch Sluice Pipes
David Johnson / / / History, Photos, Lower Dam, Sinclair Tunnel, Waterworks / 0Beneath the old dam in Wainuiomata lie three large twenty four inch sluice pipes that were installed during the...
New Zealand Mail 21 Nov 1884
David Johnson / / / History, News, Dams, Newspaper, Water Race, Waterworks / 0The Wainui waterworks, he said, had been a positive failure, and he pointed out that in this matter he...
New Zealand Times 20 Jun 1884
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Sinclair, Waterworks / 0Temporary box fluming maintained water flow during construction of the main dam and apron wall, ensuring a reliable supply...
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