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[Wellington City Council road, traffic and civil works plans, 1891-1981]
- Date
- 1891 - 1981
- By
- Wellington (N.Z.). City Council
- Reference
- MapColl-Collection-WCC
- Description
Roading plans organised by suburb; motorway construction plans; Wellington city central road upgrade plans, plans of Lambton transport terminal, 1968; plans of motorway extensions; Centenary Exhibition plans; underground railway plans; layout of Government centre buildings and proposed buildings; fish landing depot, Island Bay, 1928; Cenotaph landscape, 1972; Katherine Mansfield memorial, 1968; Evans Bay power station, 1953-1972; Mt Cook Reserve layout of grounds, 1936; Wellington electric tram system, 1928-1934; Government House grounds, n.d.; Civic Centre area town hall environs, 1948, 1966, 1970; Foothill motorway plans and profiles, 1960s; Bolton St cemetery piazza, 1969; E.G. Hall's summary of motorway design proposals; master transportation schemes by de Leuw & Cather, 1960s; traffic accident maps; speed surveys, Wellington City parking maps; locations of street accidents, 1936-1958; pedestrian census, 1940, 1949; traffic volumes, 1950, 1960.
Quantity: 2500 manuscript map(s) and plans.
Physical Description: 2500 manuscript plans many on linen, ink, some coloured, sizes vary, scales vary
Finding Aids: Wellington City Council Collection [original plans] - list of folders and brief description of contents - reference: MapColl-q832.47gmbd/1891-1981/Acc.32543.
Wellington City Council Collection - list of aperture cards held by Alexander Turnbull Library - reference: MapColl--q832.47gmbd/1891-1981/Acc.32542..
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Alexander Turnbull Libary Cartographic Collection holds microfilm copies of the originals
Alexander Turnbull Library Cartographic Collection holds microfilm (aperture cards) of the originals.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Format
- 2500 manuscript map(s) and plans, Plans, Maps, 2500 manuscript plans many on linen, ink, some coloured, sizes vary, scales vary
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City Engineer's Department, Wellington: [Wellington City Council housing survey, 1937]
Date: 1891 - 1981
From: [Wellington City Council road, traffic and civil works plans, 1891-1981]
By: Wellington (N.Z.). City Council
Reference: MapColl-WCC-housing-survey/1937
Description: Maps of Wellington central showing the physical condition of the buildings as: satisfactory; unsatisfactory but repairs practical; unsatisfactory with repairs unpractical; overcrowding of bedroom accommodation; and overcrowding of dwelling units in apartment houses. Volume 1 covers Berhampore, Newton and part of Mt. Cook; Volume II covers Mt. Cook, Mt. Victoria, Te Aro, Aro Street, Mitchelltown, and Lambton; Volume III covers part of Lambton and Thorndon. Accompanying the maps is a 'Report on the housing survey of the city of Wellington, New Zealand, 1937' and 'Housing survey report, 1937, appendix no. 1 and appendix no. 2'. These describe the survey, its extent, discuss classification of residential buildings, tenant numbers, rents paid, population density, buildings numbers in relation to population growth, physical condition of dwellings and statistics on most of these subjects. Alexander Turnbull Cartographic Collection holds colour transparencies of originals, photocopies of the reports, and a list of the maps Quantity: 2 reports. 3 volume(s) folio binders containing maps. Physical Description: 98 manuscript maps in 3 binders, diazo print, coloured, 87 x 58cm