26. Oriental Bay, Wellington showing railway track
26. Oriental Bay, Wellington showing railway track
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26. Oriental Bay, Wellington, showing the rail track that was
constructed from the Oriental Bay quarry to the Te Aro
reclamation by the contractor Peter McGrath. The rail
track ran out into Te Aro Harbour over a trestle railway.
Peter McGrath undertook to reclaim 23 acres
in 1882 and went bankrupt in 1884.
1883. Photographer: Connolly & Herrmann (firm) fl 1887
J H Lowe Collection. Reference No F-48029-1/2
From the collection of the Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington