The City Council last evening granted authority for the purchase a Venturi water meter for the Orongorongo-Karori main.
Wainuiomata: News
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Evening Post 23 May 1924
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Waterworks / 0Proposals made by the Wellington Acclimatisation Society for thinning out deer at the Wainui-o-mata waterworks reserve.
Dominion 27 Mar 1924
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Pests, Waterworks / 0The increase in the number of deer in the Wainui sanctuary was such that the undergrowth of the native...
Dominion 27 Feb 1924
David Johnson / / / History, News, Bridle Track, Generators, Morton Dam, Newspaper, Orongorongo Tunnel, Pests, Waterworks / 0The increase in the number of deer in the Wainui sanctuary was such that the undergrowth of the native...
Dominion 25 Feb 1924
David Johnson / / / History, News, Bridle Track, Generators, Morton Dam, Newspaper, Orongorongo Tunnel, Pests, Waterworks / 0From the day power was supplied on the Wainui side, the time occupied in making the 7 ft. square...
Dominion 06 Dec 1923
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Orongorongo Pipeline, Orongorongo Tunnel, Pipeline, Semple’s Camp, Waterworks / 0Early on Tuesday morning the tunnellers working on the Orongorongo side heard, for the first time, shots fired on...
Dominion 03 Dec 1923
David Johnson / / / History, News, Dams, Morton Dam, Newspaper, Orongorongo Catchment, Proposed Dam, Waterworks / 0Mr Morton conceived the idea of converting the whole of the valley below the two existing dams into a...
Dominion 09 Nov 1923
David Johnson / / / History, News, Dams, Newspaper, Waterworks / 0Several complaints have been made about the possibility of drainage from the tunnelling camp at Wainui polluting the Wellington...
Evening Post 09 Oct 1923
David Johnson / / / History, News, Bridle Track, Newspaper, Orongorongo Camp, Orongorongo Pipeline, Semple’s Camp, Waterworks / 0On the Wainui side there is ample level ground for a camp site, but the Orongorongo has carved out...
Dominion 04 May 1923
David Johnson / / / History, News, Camps, Generators, Morton Dam, Newspaper, Orongorongo Camp, Orongorongo Catchment, Orongorongo Pipeline, Orongorongo Tunnel, Semple’s Camp, Waterworks / 0The erection on the western side of the path which leads on to the Morton Dam of a new...
Evening Post 04 May 1923
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Orongorongo Catchment, Orongorongo Pipeline, Orongorongo Tunnel, Waterworks / 0The supervising engineer, mention Easter as the outside date, by which everything will be ready so far as the...
Evening Post 12 Jan 1923
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Waterworks / 0At Wainui-o-mata both reservoirs are practically full, but they are no longer overflowing, and the ground in the catchment...
Evening Post 04 Nov 1922
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Waterworks / 0Authority has been given by the City Council for the purchase of 153½ acres of land at Wainui-o-mata for...
The party is now being moved to complete the survey of the Wainuiomata route, work on which was suspended...
Dominion 09 Mar 1922
David Johnson / / / History, News, Dams, Generators, Little Tunnel, Newspaper, Orongorongo Pipeline, Orongorongo Tunnel, Tunnels, Waterworks / 0Boring operations have been commenced and preparations are being made for the establishment of a permanent camp for the...
Dominion 08 Oct 1921
David Johnson / / / History, News, Generators, Newspaper, Orongorongo Tunnel, Pipeline, Semple’s Camp, Waterworks / 0The gang has now returned to the main camp at the tunnel mouth on the Wainui side of the...
Evening Post 30 Jun 1921
David Johnson / / / History, News, Generators, Newspaper, Orongorongo Tunnel, Semple’s Camp, Waterworks / 0At the top of a gully two miles from the Morton Dam at Wainui-o-mata, eight huts, besides a kitchen...
New Zealand Times 30 Jun 1921
David Johnson / / / History, News, Bridle Track, Generators, Newspaper, Orongorongo Camp, Orongorongo Pipeline, Orongorongo Tunnel, Semple’s Camp, Waterworks / 0The progress being made with the tunnel boring contract at Wainui-o-mata, by means of which the city's water supply...
Dominion 30 Jun 1921
David Johnson / / / History, News, Dams, Generators, Little Tunnel, Morton Dam, Newspaper, Orongorongo Pipeline, Orongorongo Tunnel, Tunnels, Waterworks / 0(Mr. W. H. Morton), the town clerk (Mr. J. R. Palmer), and Press representatives, visited the works on the...
Dominion 10 Mar 1921
David Johnson / / / History, News, Dams, Generators, Morton Dam, Newspaper, Orongorongo Tunnel, Tunnels, Waterworks / 0The tunnel, which is being constructed on the co-operative system by a gang of eight men under Mr. Robert...
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