Wellington, August 29. The City Engineer’s reports to the Council last night disclosed that the dam of the Wainuiomata water supply reservoir is in a condition calling for attention. The concrete is of exceedingly poor quality, and in one place where the earth embankment was temporarily removed the water finds its way freely through the concrete wall, ranging in thickness from eleven to fourteen inches.
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Looking at the second section of Queen Street around the year 1960. Photo is taken on The Strand which...
Tenders will be received up till noon of Wednesday, 12th March, for removing about 440 tons of Waterworks Plant,...
The City Engineer, Mr Baird, returned from Pakuratahi (not “Palmerston” as stated by a contemporary) on Saturday night, leaving...
The tender of Messrs G. H. Bayliss & Co. has been accepted by the City Council for the construction...
The question now under consideration was not the desirableness of utilizing the Karori or Wainui-o-mata streams.
In accordance with arrangements entered into at the meeting of the City Council held on Thursday evening, a number...
Unidentified men and women at Lower Dam, Wainuiomata Reservoir, circa 1890s. The man in foreground is possibly Arthur Thomas...
Further correspondence from Mrs Isabella McIlvride, in reference to her claim for compensation for losses sustained.
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