One-way streets

Date: 26 January 1970

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1970/0362-F

Description: Photographs of peak hour traffic in Featherston Street, Wellington, taken 26 January 1970 by an unidentified Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: 1994

From: James Beard & Company :[Architectural plans and drawings. 1960-1990s?]

Reference: Plans-2009-082-8007-001/004

Description: Shows two schemes for routes beteween the Terrace Tunnel and Mt Victoria Tunnel, showing traffic overbridges, pedestrian overbridges, and north and south-bound traffic roads. Quantity: 4 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on draughting paper, and photocopies, sizes varying Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Ms-Group-1803 - Other material of the same provenance is housed at Ms-Group-1803, and in the Photographic Archive.

Date: 1969 - 1970

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to roads, road building and maintenance, motorways in New Zealand]

By: Wellington (N.Z.). City Council

Reference: Eph-A-ROAD-1970-01

Description: Pamphlet inside spread shows a map of the streets in central Wellington, with the first part of the one-way system (Mulgrave Street and Molesworth Street) already in operation, and the second stage (Featherston Street and intersecting streets) to be in operation from 26 January 1970. Examples of the signs to be used are shown: "No right turn", "No entry", "No left turn", "One way". The motorist and the pedestrian are advised to plan their movements in accordance with the new layout. Inscriptions: (Rubber stamp on top right of front cover): Lombard St. Parking Building Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Pamphlet, folded to 204 x 171 mm.

Date: 1992

From: James Beard & Company :[Architectural plans and drawings. 1960-1990s?]

Reference: Plans-2009-082-3152-001/075

Description: Includes street maps showing the proposed traffic flow and one-way system extending from the Basin Reserve to Wellington Railway Station. Includes detailed sketch maps of the area around the railway station, with areas for buses, taxis, pedestrians, parking, and normal road traffic. Also includes a perspective drawing of a parking building near the railway station, and a perspective drawing of a mini-bus, to be provided free. Quantity: 75 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink drawings on tracing paper and draughting paper, sizes varying Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Ms-Group-1803 - Other material of the same provenance is housed at Ms-Group-1803, and in the Photographic Archive.

Date: 1994 - 1974

From: James Beard & Company :[Architectural plans and drawings. 1960-1990s?]

Reference: Plans-2009-082-8006-001/017

Description: Includes maps with various schemes of one-way and two-way street schemes. Also includes a map titled "Victorian Wellington in two hours" (Job number 5031, June 1974). Includes a photocopy of "Possible LRT stop locations at Wellington Railway Station" 24/7/1995 Accompanied by a group of Evening Post newsclippings relating to Wellington traffic routes, ca 1994. Quantity: 17 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings on draughting paper, and photocopies, sizes varying Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Ms-Group-1803 - Other material of the same provenance is housed at Ms-Group-1803, and in the Photographic Archive.

Date: 1956

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

Reference: B-133-035

Description: Shows a man and woman in a car which is being towed by a tow truck. There are suitcases piled up on the roof and the front of the car is dented. The truck is pulling up outside a garage and the driver is talking out the car window to the mechanic about the accident. Refers to Wellington's Featherston Street being changed to two-way traffic after being one-way. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and Chinese white on card, 250 x 220mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.