City Surveyor to do away with the well and race and substitute cast iron pipes at an estimated cost...
Wainuiomata: News
Wainuiomata news spanning from today back to the 1860s provides a comprehensive record of the valley’s history, tracing its journey from early settlement to its modern identity.
This news archive covers a wide range of topics including stories around the people who shaped Wainuiomata, from early pioneers and engineering workers, to community leaders.
Evening Post 21 Apr 1887
David Johnson / / / History, News, Coleman's Tunnel, Newspaper, Water Race, Waterworks / 0It would have been much better had the cast-iron mains been laid direct to the reservoir, thus dispensing with...
Lyttelton Times 21 Apr 1887
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Water Race, Waterworks / 0He is of opinion that the damage to the race has been the result of careless treatment and work...
The committee are pleased to be able to report that there is no grave defect in any part of...
I had little opportunity of examining the reservoir works or the interior of the race, owing to both being...
Mr Higginson, C.E., who was selected by the committee of the Wellington City Council to inspect the Wainui-o-mata waterwork.
New Zealand Mail 18 Mar 1887
David Johnson / / / History, News, Coleman's Tunnel, Dams, Lower Dam, Newspaper, Water Race, Waterworks / 0Substituting a well—only intermittently full—and a concrete race for continuous iron mains has already been adverted to.
New Zealand Mail 11 Mar 1887
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Water Race, Waterworks / 0The question whether the concrete race and well were not in themselves, as implied by Mr Marchant, a grave...
West Coast Times 08 Mar 1887
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Water Race, Waterworks / 0The great fire has been the main topic of conversation here since its occurrence, or rather fire and water...
New Zealand Mail 08 Mar 1887
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Water Race, Waterworks / 0I went through the race from one end to the other, and found that the race for about three-fourths...
New Zealand Times 08 Mar 1887
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Water Race, Waterworks / 0Mr Loughrey gives a deplorable account of the condition of the concrete race, and states that to repair it...
New Zealand Times 03 Mar 1887
David Johnson / / / History, News, Dams, Lower Dam, Newspaper, Water Race, Waterworks / 0Mr Nicholas Merchant, C.E., has made a special inspection of the Wainui-o-mata Waterworks. Read his his report on the...
New Zealand Times 03 Mar 1887
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Water Race, Waterworks / 0He condemns the adoption of a “well” instead of an iron standpipe, and of a concrete race instead of...
Thames Advertiser 02 Mar 1887
David Johnson / / / History, News, Dams, Lower Dam, Newspaper, Water Race, Waterworks / 0Fresh leaks were discovered and signs of careless workmanship. It is estimated that two million gallons of water have...
That an independent report be obtained: As to whether the race has been fairly constructed according to specification.
Hawera and Normanby Star 01 Mar 1887 News and Notes
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Waterworks / 0The Wellington City Councillors paid an official visit to the Wainui-o-mata waterworks on Saturday and closely examined the race.
New Zealand Telegrams 01 Mar 1887
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Water Race, Waterworks / 0The city councillors paid an official visit to the Wainui-o-mata works and closely examined the race in which the...
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...
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