Building housing the head office of New Zealand Railways, located at 75 Featherston Street, Wellington. The foundation stone was laid by the Duke of Cornwall (later King George V) on 21 June 1901, and the building was completed in 1903. The Defence Department headquarters moved into the building in 1937 and the New Zealand Railways head office moved to the newly constructed Wellington Railway Station. The building was demolished in 1982.
New Zealand Railways Head Office (Wellington, N.Z.)
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New Zealand. Emigration Department : Photograph of the Government Railway Offices on Fe...
Date: ca 1905
Reference: PAColl-4552
Description: Photograph of the front of the New Zealand Railways building on Featherston Street. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: A stamp on the reverse of the photograph reads: The property of the New Zealand Government Emigration Department. However, the stamp has been crossed through with blue pencil.
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Harris album 1
Date: [1890s-1900s]
From: Harris, Esme Enid, 1913-1993 :Photographs
Reference: PA1-q-115
Description: Album containing family photographs (mostly unidentified); photographs of life in Wellington and the region nearby, including two group portraits of school children, views of public buildings in the city, the Kelburn Cable Car, shipping in the harbour, and views of fire fighters, the fire brigade building in Newtown, and fire fighting equiment. In the Wellington region are views of the Porirua Hospital, and the Maori meeting house at Otaki. Source of descriptive information - Biographical information for M E Coulter from Library client, 2007 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with ochre coloured buckram cover, entitled `Sunny memories'; 33 x 28 cm