Places

Date: 1938 - 1948

By: Gordon Harcourt Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4794gbbd/[1943?]/Acc.14552

Description: Drawn on a base cadastral map of the Lower Hutt industrial area, bounded by the Waiwhetu Stream and the Hutt River, the annotations show sections sold (in red) and sections open for selection (in green). The sections, numbered with acreages, are bounded by Bell, Gracefield, Park and Seaview roads, and the railway runs through the area. Sections are marked as sold to: Wm Cable & Co., Hume Pipe Coy., Vacuum Oil Coy., Texas Oil Co., Schweppes, RA Armstrong, Millars West Aust. Hardwoods Ltd., WA Cairns, Wellington Concrete Pipe Co., CH Morley. Pencil annotations of further sales include the names Ford Coy., Winstones, New Zealand government, Cable & Co. Several sections are stamped 'sold' and pencilled notes are scattered over the map. The annotations also show watermains and sewers, including the septic tanks and pumping station on the boundary of the Waiwhetu Pa and cemetery. Unpublished base map: Industrial area Hutt Valley settlement [s.d]. Map has been mended with brown paper and stamp ends. Map stamped Thompson & East Ltd. Several pencil and coloured pencil annotations are dispersed over the map regarding cadastral and land sale information. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, ink and coloured pencil on diazo photoprint, scale indeterminable, 65.4 x 64.5 cm.

Date: 1939

Reference: MapColl-832.4794gbbd/1939/Acc.12470

Description: Drawn on a cadastral base map, updated 21 August 1939, of the Lower Hutt industrial area, bounded by the Waiwhetu River and the Hutt River, the annotations show sections sold (in red) and sections open for selection (in green). The sections, numbered with acreages, are bounded by Bell, Gracefield, Park and Seaview Roads, and the railway line runs through the area. Areas sold include the names Wellington Concrete, Schweppes Ltd., ESW Paul, Millans West Australian Hardwoods, W Cable & Co., Winstones Roofing Tile Works, Acetone Illuminating & Welding Coy., Wellington Concrete Pipe Coy., Ford Motor Co., Hume Pipe Coy., Vacuum Oil Coy., Texas Oil Coy., British Australian Lead Manufacturers., Suburban Properties, CH Morley, WA Cairns. Railway workshops, drainage easements, sewers, septic tanks, pumping stations, a quarry and watermains are marked. Areas open for selection include some Crown Land, the remainder are unnamed. The Hutt Park, the Waiwhetu Pa and its cemetery are shown. A pencil annotation states the scale is about 4 chains to an inch. Unpublished base map: Industrial area Hutt Valley settlement, revised May 1939. This annotated revised edition: 21/8/1939. Written on recto: Hutt Valley, Industrial area Lower Hutt, 24. Written on map: 14. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on diazo photoprint, scale indeterminable, 43.7 x 45.2 cm.

Date: 1950 - 1959

By: Wellington (N.Z.). City Engineer's Department. Town Planning Branch

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/A/1950/Acc.37343-47

Description: Five base maps of the Adelaide Road and King Street industrial area, Newtown, Wellington have been used to show the conversion of residential and multiple small industrial units to two industrial enterprises based there in 1950 approximately. Myrtle Crescent, Drummond and Hansen streets are named. Plan No. T.P. 111 - 4/68 shows the existing conditions of residential and industrial occupancy. A reference key details the number of residential units and persons. The industrial reference key lists street addresses, names of occupiers and volume of floor space. Occupants include slipper factory, plumber, bank agency, grocer, furniture factory, metal spinner, carrier's depot, ladies tailors. Also named is a section of vacant Crown Land and W.C.C. sub-station. Pencilled additions are of a reclamation area, Wellington City Council sections, Tramway Hotel, site of a new building, also the names Spincraft, East, Harte. Plan No. T.P. 112 - 4/69, Stage 1 of Development. Reference keys show numbers of families to be re-housed from residences to be demolished and premises required for industry which includes ownership statistics of Asiatics. Industries to be rehoused are listed as plumber, furniture factory, metal spinner, millinery, grocer, bank agency. Property to be acquired is also highlighted. Plan No. T.P. 113 - 4/70, Stage 2 of Development, shows the Post and Telegraph Department's site, approximate area 5,500 square feet. The building line is marked. The route of King Street has been altered. Plan No. 114 - 4/71, Stage 3 of Development. The Post and Telegraph Department's site, approximate area 55.500 square feet with building line is shown. Also the Incubator Factory site with its building line and site of a new building is prominently marked. Family units to be re-housed from residences to be demolished are referred to in a key. Plan No. 115 - 4/72, Stage 4 of Development. The Post and Telegraph Department's site, approximate area 55,500 square feet, with building line is shown. The Incubator Factory site, approximate area of 41,400 square feet, with building line and site of a new building is marked. Pencilled annotations include the site of a future Incubator Factory building. A proposed road is marked from King Street to Myrtle Crescent. Quantity: 5 map(s). Physical Description: Pencil and colourwash on lithograph, coloured, scale [1:480], sheets 51.2 x 70.9 cm.

Date: 1950 - 1959

By: Gordon Harcourt Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4798gbbd/[ca.1950]/Acc.14566

Description: Cadastral base map of the area between the main road from Upper Hutt to Featherston and the railway has been used to show the proposed light and heavy industrial area. A pencilled note states that the area is Class 'C', 10,500 [pounds sterling], 3 acres or 39.53 perches. Sections include acreages, boundary measurements and fences. Names include F. Whiteman, H. P. & P. K. Benge. A pencilled note states that light and medium industry is 1,850 [pounds sterling] p.a. Some topographic features are described. Other Titles - Plan of Part Section 122, Hutt District, Block 11, Rimutaka Survey District, being part of Certificate of Title 503/7 Ltd. Note below title states: 3925 Upper Hutt Note on bottom left of map: Davis - 1st house on left wasn't Salisbury's Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Pencil on Diazo print, scale [1:1 584], 44.9 x 45.6 cm.

Date: 1950 - 1958

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gmbd/Ka/[1958?]/Acc.6213

Description: Planning map for roads in Kaiwharawhara from the vicinity of the Nagio Gorge road and Fore Street, part of which is closed to vehicular traffic, to Westminster Street. The existing main road is shown with the proposed addition of Pickering Street and the interchange showing traffic directional flows. Includes directional signs to Wellington and Ngauranga. An existing cycle track is marked as is a factory entrance road. Cables Factory, a wool store, bulk stores, a factory, existing shops and houses and a post office are marked. A parking area and bus stops are marked. Pencilled notes include: 7/C Line. 7WE. BP. Title supplied by curator Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Pencil and printed collage mounted on paper, partly laminated, scale not given, 11.2 x 35.4 cm.

Date: 1950 - 1960

Reference: MapColl-832.4794gbbd/[n.d.]/Acc.37700

Description: A cadastral base map of the Taita Industrial Estate has been used to name light industrial firms based there in 1950 approximately. Includes twenty-two industrial sections, some with acreages, between Wingate and Taita railway stations and the nearby Taita Church. Names include Hicksons Timber Impregnation Co. Ltd., Pilkington Bros., Post and Telegraph Dept., Lustre (N.Z.) Ltd., NZR Bus Depot, James Pearce and Co. Ltd., Milk Treatment Plant, Central Sand and Shingle, Garth Tile, Wood and Coal. Drainage Reserves are marked and positions of drains are referred to. A pencilled note refers to sections 13, 16, 19 to 22 inclusive not under survey at present. Roads are marked but are un-named. The section named Lustre (N.Z.) Ltd. includes the price of 6000 pounds sterling and the date 1950. Handwritten on verso: 109 Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil on lithograph, coloured, scale [ca1:2 376], 38.5 x 45.8 cm.

Date: 1938 - 1948

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey

Reference: MapColl-832.4794gbbd/[ca 1943]/Acc.10602

Description: Map of the Hutt Valley settlement industrial area, highlighted in red two areas where various industrial firms are sited on Department of Lands and Survey land. The first area is Bouverie St in Ava, Petone, and includes the firms WD & HO Wills NZ, Metters NZ and General Motors NZ. The second area is Gracefield and a small part of Seaview, and includes the firms Texas Coy., Vacuum Oil Co., Hume Pipe Co., Ford Motor Coy. of NZ, Wm Cable and Co., Schweppes, ESW Paul, Millars West Australia Bardwoods, Wellington Concrete Pipe Coy., WA Cairns and CH Morley. The remainder of the map shows named streets, settlements, railways, reserves, cadastral information, the racecourse, wharves and both Gear Island and Seaview before major land reclamation work. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on diazo photoprint, linen backed, 64.9 x 74.8 cm.

Date: 1943

Reference: MapColl-832.4794gbbd/[1943?]/Acc.10603

Description: Drawn on a cadastral base map of the Lower Hutt industrial area, bounded by the Waiwhetu River, the Hutt River and the roads Bell, Park, Seaview and Gracefield, the annotations show sections sold (in red) and sections open for selection (in green). The sections are numbered with acreages, and the railway line runs through the area. Areas sold include the names Schweppes Ltd., ESW Paul, Wm Cable & Co., Wellington Concrete Pipe Coy., Ford Motor Co., Hume Pipe Coy., Vacuum Oil Coy., Texas Oil Coy., CH Morley, WA Cairns. Railway workshops, drainage easements, sewers, septic tanks, pumping stations, a quarry and watermains are marked. Areas open for selection are unnamed. The Hutt Park, the Waiwhetu Pa and its cemetery are shown. Unpublished base map: Industrial area Hutt Valley settlement [s.d]. Glued to the top centre-left of the map is a typed note addressed to Mr Davis, Lands Office, dated 24/5/1943. It states: 'All this land now occupied by American or Air Force. May be released at the end of the war or may not... tenders have to be called... Railway Department pay full commission to agents' Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and ink on diazo photoprint, linen backed, 66 x 64.4 cm.

Date: 1939

Reference: MapColl-832.4794gbbd/1939/Acc.11585

Description: A cadastral base map, updated 1 May 1939, of the Hutt Industrial Estate, adjacent to the Waiwhetu River and converging with the Hutt River, has been used to detail sections sold to the New Zealand Government. Some acreages and boundaries have changed. The industrial sections, numbered with acreages, are adjacent to Bell, Gracefield, Park and Seaview Roads, with the railway line running through the centre of the industrial area. Names include Grant and Co., Wellington Concrete, Schweppes Ltd., P. J. Pullan, E. S. W. Paul, Millans West Australian Hardwoods Ltd. sold to Cable & Co., Winstones Roofing Tile Works Ltd., W. Cable & Co. Ltd., Acetone Illuminating & Welding Coy. Ltd., Wellington Concrete Pipe Coy., Ford Motor Co. of N.Z. Ltd., Hume Pipe Coy., Vaccuum Oil Coy., Texas Oil Coy., British Australian Lead Manufacturers Ltd., Suburban Properties Ltd. A railway easement and reserve are marked as are Railway Workshops. Includes drainage easements, sewers, septic tanks, pumping stations and watermains, some of which are referred to in a key. Areas of Crown Land, Hutt Park, the Trotting Club, a cemetery and the Waiwhetu Pa are named. Residential properties include the names of C. H. Morley and W. A. Cairns. Pencilled note on centre right states: Morley's Land, Jan or Jun 1939, £2380 sterling. 8 1/2 acres sold May 1943, £9625 sterling Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil on copy, coloured, linen backed, 65.5 x 65.5 cm.