Hutt Valley history 30; erosion and flood protection; traction engine and crane on stop-bank

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Title

Hutt Valley history 30; erosion and flood protection; traction engine and crane on stop-bank

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Upper Hutt City Library

Collection

Upper Hutt City Library Heritage Collections

Description

One of a set of 64 images from what must have been a mid-1950s film-strip presentation by Lower Hutt City Council on over 110 years of progress. Twin stop-banks, Melling to harbour, were built between April 1901 and January 1903. Partly from the original description:-. "To top the bank a traction engine with crane attachment was used to lift the box off a cart and up-end the shingle in it onto the top of the bank. This avoided the necessity of shovelling the shingle from a lower level (the c...

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Image

Date created

1902

Creator

York Studios

URL

http://uhcl.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/17261

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Negative_Rolls

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