Shown in the image is the Pollards constructing a trench to install a new scour valve at Morton Dam, in the early to mid-1990s. Around the same time, the Morton Dam Strainer Building was decommissioned. Scour valves are situated at low points or between sections of the pipeline with valves. They serve to enable occasional purging of the lines to eliminate sediment and to facilitate draining the line for maintenance and repair purposes.
Photographer: Lance Harrison.
Skerretts Creek was the location for a water catchment in the 1950-60s. Water was piped out of the creek...
This view from the Whakanui Track gives an expansive look at Wainuiomata. Immediately below is Nikau Valley and Moores...
On Tuesday, 6th February, 1883, at 2 o’clock p.m. In the Estate of J. and D. Sinclair. Sale of...
Mackay Cottage was built around 1912 for Morton Dam workers and was removed in 1980. During the war, Mackay...
Pictured is a view toward Wellington from the Whakanui Track in 1989. In view is the valley where Coast...
McDonald’s opened its restaurant in Wainuiomata, on April 13, 1999. Located on The Strand, it is across the...
Photo of Homedale taken in 1940, showing the school block surrounded by farmland. Substantial housing started in the 1950s.
The annual Corporation picnic to the waterworks at Wainui-o-mata took place yesterday. Favoured by fine weather, the outing was...
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