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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.
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
Evening Post 11 Jun 1884
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Waterworks / 0A singular mishap befell a member of the Fire Brigade named White during the progress of the trial of...
Evening Post 04 Jun 1884
David Johnson / / / History, News, Long Tunnel, Newspaper, Pipeline, Tunnels, Waterworks / 0Owing to a burst having occurred in one of the water-pipes in the long tunnel in connection with the...
Evening Post 14 May 1884
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Pipeline, Waterworks / 0Owing to one or two more “bursts” in the pipes along the Hutt-road, the Wainui water has again had...
Evening Post 13 May 1884
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Pipeline, Waterworks / 0The water is very thick and muddy at present, but will have run itself clean in the course of...
Evening Post 12 May 1884
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Pipeline, Waterworks / 0The Wainui water has not yet reached the city owing to a burst in the pipes, about a mile...
Evening Post 10 May 1884
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Waterworks / 0It is expected that the water will reach town from Wainui-o-mata this evening, should no accident occur in the...
Evening Post 09 May 1884
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Waterworks / 0Mr J. Saunders, contractor, of this city, is, we regret to hear, at present confined to his house through...
Evening Post 08 May 1884
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Waterworks / 0Mr J. Saunders, contractor, of this city, is, we regret to hear, at present confined to his house through...
Evening Post 29 Apr 1884
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Waterworks / 0The two-foot flume was adopted on the report of the City Engineer, and was the only one that could...
Evening Post 25 Apr 1884
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Waterworks / 0As an old miner allow me to endorse Mr Travers’s plan of a flume from the river to the...
Evening Post 24 Apr 1884
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Waterworks / 0As an old miner allow me to endorse Mr Travers’s plan of a flume from the river to the...
Evening Post 02 Apr 1884
David Johnson / / / History, News, Dams, Lower Dam, Newspaper, Waterworks / 0There have been great complaints to-day about the insufficiency of the water supply, on which subject we have received...
Evening Post 01 Apr 1884
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Pipeline, Waterworks / 0Is not intended to be a “reservoir,” the object being merely to raise the level of the water to...
New Zealand Times 15 Mar 1884
David Johnson / / / History, News, Floods, Lower Dam, Newspaper, Waterworks / 0On Thursday evening, the City Council went into committee to consider tenders for the Wainuiomata dam repairs.
Evening Post 21 Feb 1884
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Waterworks / 0Will you kindly permit me a remark and a little more on Mr S. Brown’s letter addressed to you,...
The race at first was intended to be an open channel, but is now covered in to prevent debris...
Evening Post 16 Feb 1884
David Johnson / / / History, News, Dams, Lower Dam, Newspaper, Sinclair, Water Race, Waterworks / 0An engineering correspondent has favoured us with the following interesting notes on a recent private visit of inspection he...
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