Hydraulic facilities - New Zealand - Wellington Region

Date: 1846

From: [Crawford, James Coutts] 1817-1889 :[Pencil sketches and watercolours of New Zealand 1839-1850]

By: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889

Reference: A-229-044

Description: The entrance from Evans Bay, Wellington Harbour, to the tunnel built by J. C. Crawford to drain Burnham Water, a lake in the centre of Miramar Peninsula. The entrance to the tunnel is cut into a cliff and supporting beams are built around the opening. A small hut stands to the right of the tunnel and a path winds over the hill-top to the right. Rocks, flax bushes and a small cabbage tree are distinguishable in the foreground and there is a small rowboat tied to a stake at the water's edge, in the centre foreground. Hataitai or Whataitai was the earlier name for Miramar Peninsula The preliminary sketch for this sepia watercolour is a pencil work held at A-229-023, with an almost identical title. Other Titles - Miramar Peninsula Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & sepia wash on paper 134 x 195 mm

Date: 1848

By: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889; Crawford, Henry Nevay (Brigadier), 1907-1993

Reference: A-229-004

Description: A view from the south end of Evans Bay looking north up the bay. To the right is part of Miramar Peninsula, with a hut and the mouth and exit structure of the tunnel built by the artist to drain the shallow lake at the lowest point of Miramar Peninsula. There are 3 small rowboats or canoes on the still water, and a further rowboat is pulled up on the shore to the right, in the middle distance. In the distance on the left are the hills of Roseneath and those to the west of the harbour (Khandallah) in the far distance. Glendavar was J C Crawford's cattle farm at the North end of Burnham water. The tunnel was cut by Mr Crawford to drain Burnham water into Evans Bay, and was the first tunnel made in N.Z. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 165 x 254 mm

Date: 1962

From: Wellington Regional Council : Marie Sang map collection

Reference: MapColl-WRC-R9/2B-Acc.

Description: Identifies in colour, water supply assessment of potentialities for further economic expansion of existing population centres Quantity: 1 map(s) [with annotations]. Physical Description: Coloured ink on cellulite paper. Scale indeterminable, 100 x 75 cm.

Date: 1962

From: Wellington Regional Council : Marie Sang map collection

By: Wellington Regional Planning Authority

Reference: MapColl-WRC-R9/2A-Acc.

Description: Identifies in colour, storage mains, storage reservoirs, underground supply wells, treatment plants etc NZMS 208 Quantity: 1 map(s) [with annotations]. Physical Description: Ink on cream paper. Scale [ca 1: 63 360] 100 x 75 cm.

Date: 1846

From: [Crawford, James Coutts] 1817-1889 :[Pencil sketches and watercolours of New Zealand 1839-1850]

By: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889

Reference: A-229-023

Description: The entrance from Evans Bay, Wellington Harbour, to the tunnel built by J. C. Crawford to drain Burnham Water, a lake in the centre of Miramar Peninsula. The entrance to the tunnel is cut into a cliff and supporting beams are built around the opening. A small hut stands to the right of the tunnel and a path winds over the hill-top to the right. Rocks, flax bushes and a small cabbage tree are distinguishable in the foreground. Hataitai or Whataitai was the earlier name for Miramar Peninsula This drawing is the preliminary sketch for the watercolour with the same title at A-229-044 Other Titles - Miramar Peninsula Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper 134 x 195 mm