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Centennial Highway, State Highway 1
11 Sep 2017
Wellington’s Centennial Highway, commemorating the centenary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, still follows some of its original route from Ngauranga Gorge through to Paekakariki. Newer sections include the motorway that now bypasses Tawa township.
Monowai Power Station
11 Sep 2017
The potential for the Monowai hydro-electric scheme was first identified in 1914 when the Southland League investigated local natural resources. Starting in 1894 a number of private and local council coal powered power stations had met demand, but by the time the Southland Electric Power Board was formed in 1918, and with increasing local reticulation, a more substantial supply was needed. Accordingly, work was started on constructing Monowai in 1921, and the station opened in May 1925.
Wellington’s early railway stations
11 Sep 2017
Prior to the completion of the current Wellington Railway station in 1937, Wellington city had many different railways stations. The first of these opened in 1874. All of these early railway stations have since been demolished.
Driving Creek Railway
6 Sep 2017
The Driving Creek Railway at Coromandel is the result of 32 years of innovative development by potter, Barry Brickell. The 381 millimetre gauge railway climbs 112 metres up a steep hillside in 2.7 kilometres to a spectacular vantage point called the Eyeful Tower.
Moutoa Sluice Gates
5 Sep 2017
Completed in 1962, the Moutoa sluice gates form a major component of the lower Manawatu River Control Scheme – New Zealand's first major river control scheme. In 1990 it was recorded that these gates, located between Shannon and Foxton, could divert more flood water than any similar structure in New Zealand.
Mahurangi Cement Works
5 Sep 2017
The Mahurangi Cement Works ruins, near Warkworth, was the site of New Zealand’s first Portland cement manufacturing in the 1880s.
William Newsham Blair (1841–1891)
5 Sep 2017
William Newsham Blair was born in Scotland. For a few years before he immigrated to New Zealand he worked in the surveying and engineering fields, notably for Sir Thomas Bouch’s Edinburgh engineering firm.
Samuel Jickell (1856–1939)
5 Sep 2017
Samuel Jickell was born in Stockton-on-Tees, England. He was educated and trained in England and Europe before coming to New Zealand in the early 1880s. He was elected an Associate Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, London, in 1889.
Robert Park (1933–2004)
5 Sep 2017
Robert Park was born in Suva, Fiji on 13 August 1933 and received his initial education in Suva. He studied civil engineering at Canterbury University College, graduating with a Bachelor of Engineering degree with Honours in 1956 and a Master of Engineering degree with distinction in 1958. In 1964 he was awarded a PhD at the University of Bristol.
Neville Longbourne Vickerman (1893–1978)
5 Sep 2017
Neville Vickerman, a Past President of the New Zealand Institution of Engineers (now the Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand, IPENZ), died during June 1978 at age 85. He was a former Chief Engineer to the Auckland Harbour Board.
