View showing the site of the tramway power house on the corner of Jervois Quay and Wakefield Street, Wellington

View showing the site of the tramway power house on the corner of Jervois Quay and Wakefield Street, Wellington
Date
ca 1930
Reference
EP-2496-1/2-G
Description

View showing men clearing debris from the site of the tramway power house on the corner of Jervois Quay and Wakefield Street after it had been demolished. Taken by an unidentified photographer, circa 1930.

Note on back of file print reads: Site of tramway power house, corner of Jervois Quay and Wkefield Str. 1930 Demolition was well underway 19 Feb 1930 (EP). Here the site is in the last stages of being cleared. The site was beautified with a concrete edged lawn. At the time it was intended that this would eventually be the site for a new Central Library.

Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Physical Description: Glass plate negative

Transfers: From box containing EP-2461 to 2497.

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Part of
Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper / Negatives of the Evening Post newspaper
Format
1 b&w original negative(s), Negatives, Glass plate negative
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View showing the site of the tramway power house on the corner of Jervois Quay and Wakefield Street, Wellington. Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP-2496-1/2-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22314464

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