Mount Kaukau

Johnsonville Waterworks

The reservoirs and pipeline tunnel were built in 1912 as part of the Johnsonville Waterworks scheme. The tunnel is hewn in solid rock and needed no lining.

Kilmister Tops

It seems the chimney was not part of a house particularly but built in the 1930s as a mustering station.

Johnsonville pipeline tunnel	Johnsonville pipeline tunnel	Johnsonville pipeline tunnel	Johnsonville pipeline tunnel
Johnsonville pipeline tunnel	Johnsonville pipeline tunnel	Johnsonville pipeline tunnel	Johnsonville pipeline tunnel
Johnsonville pipeline tunnel	Johnsonville pipeline tunnel
Johnsonville reservoir	Johnsonville reservoir	Johnsonville reservoir	Kilmister Station, Kaukau

Around Wellington

Quarries around Wellington

Owhiro Bay Quarry was opened in 1904 by the Tonks family who also owned Kilbirnie brickworks. After various changwes of ownership the quarry was purchased by Wellington City Councl in 1999, closed and rehabilitated as a scenic reserve.
Horokiwi Quarry and Kiwi Point Quarry are still working quarries.

Owhiro Bay Quarry, Red Rocks	Owhiro Bay Quarry, Red Rocks	Owhiro Bay Quarry, Red Rocks
Horokiwi Quarry, Khandallah	Kiwi Point Quarry, Khandallah		'Levin & Co Ltd' factory, Ngauranga

Wellington's trolleybuses

Wellington's trolleybuses sadly finished service in 2017

Trolleybus '242', Wellington

Trolleybus '338', Wellington

Trolleybus '367', Wellington

Somes Island

The well-known tramway on Somes Island was used for transporting stores to the lighthouse from the bay below. However a lesser-known tramway ran from the wharf to the quarantine station and military area on the top of the island.

The lighthouse tramway

The wharf tramway

The wharf tramway

The wharf tramway

Miramar

Underground rooms built into the bank on the Scorching Bay road at the Miramar roundabout.

Underground rooms	Underground rooms	Underground rooms	Underground rooms
Underground rooms	Underground rooms	Underground rooms

Maritime Matters

Evans Bay Patent Slipway

Evans Bay Patent Slipway	Evans Bay Patent Slipway	Evans Bay Patent Slipway	Evans Bay Patent Slipway
The 'Wahine' memorial, Seatoun		'Arawana', Wellington harbour	'Bunun Dynasty', Wellington harbour
'Erradaley', Wellington harbour	'Kawatiri', Wellington harbour	'Sealion', Wellington harbour	'Seaworker', Wellington harbour
	'Hikitia', Wellington harbour	'Hikitia', Wellington harbour	'Hikitia', Wellington harbour
'Hikitia', Wellington harbour	'Hikitia', Wellington harbour	Wellington harbour crane	Wellington harbour crane

Karori, Northland and Kelburn

Goldmines, waterworks, tunnels and viaducts

Golden Crown silver mine and St Johns Dam

Tennis courts and a swimming pool opened here in 1909 but fell into disuse. A new dam was constructed in 1933 but was superceded in 1937 by purpose-built baths. The 70 yard long Golden Crown silver mine is just below the dam.
For more information go to www.journeyplanner.org.nz/moremaps/TeKopahou_Reserve_Walkway.pdf

'Golden Crown' goldmine	'Golden Crown' goldmine	'Golden Crown' goldmine	'Golden Crown' goldmine
'Golden Crown' goldmine	'Golden Crown' goldmine	'Golden Crown' goldmine
Karori Waterworks	Karori Waterworks	Karori Waterworks	Karori Waterworks
Karori Waterworks	St Johns dam, Karori	St Johns dam, Karori

Karori Tunnel

The oldest tunnel in Wellington, 80 yards long, was built in 1900 and now has a weekly flow of 114,000 vehicles.

Karori Tunnel

Karori Tunnel

Karori Tunnel

Northland Tunnel

Built by 1929, the 100 yard long tunnel was used by the final electric tramway route to be built in Wellington.

Northland Tunnel

Northland Tunnel

Kelburn

At the top of the cable car line and the electric tramway, Kelburn developed rapidly and the original wooden viaduct was replace with the current concrete viaduct, opened in 1931.

Old tram rails, Kelburn

Kelburn Viaduct, Wellington

Kelburn Viaduct, Wellington

Kelburn Viaduct, Wellington

Tinakori Hill

Kohatu Quarry

An old quarry that closed soon after 1912 following a fatal explosion in a magazine.

Kohatu Quarry noticeboard	Kohatu Quarry tramway	Kohatu Quarry tramway	Kohatu Quarry tramway
Kohatu Quarry tramway	Kohatu Quarry tramway
Kohatu Quarry magazine	Kohatu Quarry magazine	Kohatu Quarry magazine	Kohatu Quarry magazine

Thomas Quarry

The Thomas Quarry tunnel is believed to be a trial adit dug in 1906 for gold or silver and, obviously, they didn't find either. The tunnel stretches for about 40 yards before coming to a dead end. It also gets very low in places as my head will testify.

Thomas Quarry tunnel, Tinakori	Thomas Quarry tunnel, Tinakori	Thomas Quarry tunnel, Tinakori	Thomas Quarry tunnel, Tinakori
Thomas Quarry tunnel, Tinakori	Thomas Quarry tunnel, Tinakori	Thomas Quarry tunnel, Tinakori	Thomas Quarry tunnel, Tinakori

Trelissick Park

Kaiwharawhara Powder Magazine

Wellington's oldest standing stone building was once the Wellington district magazine. It was built in 1879-80 as a response to criticism of the practice of carrying gunpowder through Wellington streets to the store at Mt Cook. This magazine was built on land bought from Charles Schultze and designed by Charles O'Neill, civil engineer and architect. There were two separate magazine buildings, as well as a keeper's house, stables and coach house. The building was under continual threat from flood, and in 1890 the cottage was washed away. The army abandoned the magazine in 1921. It was then used by a variety of businesses, and much altered. In 2000 the just-restored magazine was partly destroyed by fire when a security van stolen in a robbery was hidden inside and torched by the robbers. Today the remaining magazine and part of one wall of another are being managed as a partial ruin by the Wellington City Council.

Kaiwharawhara Powder Magazine	Kaiwharawhara Powder Magazine	Kaiwharawhara Powder Magazine	Kaiwharawhara Powder Magazine
Kaiwharawhara Powder Magazine		The magazines in the 1930s	The magazines in the 1970s

Waterworks tunnels

Wellington's water supply from the Karori Reservoirs

Waterworks tunnels in the park

Waterworks tunnels in the park

Waterworks tunnels in the park

The tunnel to Karori

The Hutt Valley

Cruickshanks Tunnel

Cruickshanks Tunnel is an abandoned tunnel between Maymorn and Upper Hutt on the Wairarapa line with a lot of odd bits and pieces to be found along a the old railway line. It closed in 1955 with the opening of the Rimutaka Tunnel deviation. Cruickshanks is named after the timber mill at the Southern end of the tunnel where part of the water system can still be seen.

Cruickshanks Tunnel	Cruickshanks Tunnel	Cruickshanks Tunnel	Cruickshanks Tunnel
Cruickshanks Tunnel	Cruickshanks Tunnel	Cruickshanks Tunnel	Cruickshanks Tunnel
Cruickshanks Tunnel	Cruickshanks Tunnel	Cruickshanks Tunnel	Cruickshanks Tunnel
Cruickshanks Tunnel	Cruickshanks Tunnel	Cruickshanks Tunnel
Cruickshanks Mill watercourse	Cruickshanks Mill watercourse	Cruickshanks Mill watercourse	Cruickshanks Mill watercourse

Mangaroa Station

Originally sidings for Cruickshanks timber mill, Mangaroa Station was opened in 1878 and closed in 1955 when the Rimutaka Tunnel deviation was opened.

Mangaroa Station

Mangaroa Station

Kaitoke Waterworks

Kaitoke Waterworks

Kaitoke Waterworks

Kaitoke Waterworks

Kaitoke Waterworks

Kaitoke Waterworks

Staglands

Staglands

Staglands	Staglands	Staglands	Staglands
Staglands	Staglands	Staglands	Staglands
Staglands	Staglands	Staglands	Staglands
Staglands	Staglands	Staglands	Staglands
Staglands	Staglands	Staglands	Staglands

Silverstream

Silverstream Museum

Silverstream	Silverstream	Silverstream	Silverstream
Silverstream	Silverstream	Silverstream	Silverstream
Silverstream	Silverstream	Silverstream	Silverstream
Silverstream	Silverstream	Silverstream	Silverstream

Wellington's Railways and Tramways

Wellington Station, loco shed and quays

Wellington Station is the centre of a curious variety of lines, older and modern suburban electrics to Paraparamu and Upper Hutt, previously ancient ones to Johnsonville, loco-hauled trains to the Wairarapa and Masterton and the train ferry to South Island. There even used to be a trolley bus or two on the roads.

DSC 2515 at Wellington Station	DC 4219 at Wellington Station	DC 4398 at Wellington Station	EM3102 at Wellington Station
EM3269 at Wellington Station	EM1246, FT428, 4408 and 4316	FT4529 at Wellington Station	FT4587, EM1315 at Wellington
EM1373 and train-spotter	D2411 at Wellington Station	DC 4012 at Wellington Station	DC 4012 at Wellington Station
DC 4323 at Wellington Station	D2842 at Wellington Station	DM 297 and train-spotter	DM 297 and trainee driver

Wellington quays and loco shed

DFT '7213' nears Wellington	DFT '7213' nears Wellington	'5016', '7010' on Wellington shed	'9129', '9158' on Wellington shed
DL ''9170' on Wellington shed	Wellington shed and locos	DBR 1200 on Wellington shed	DC 4467 on Wellington shed
DSC 2515 on Wellington shed	DSG 3059 on Wellington shed	DSG 3059 on Wellington shed	DBR 1200 on Wellington shed
DC 4409 on Wellington shed	Dm27 at Wellington yard	DSC 2665 at Wellington yard	DSG 3046 at Wellington yard
DSG 3046 at Wellington yard	EO 74 at Wellington yard	EW 165 on Wellington shed	Silver Fern Rm30 at Wellington
Wellington shed on webcam

The Johnsonville Line

Crofton Downs Station, 1983	Simla Crescent Station, 1980s	Raroa Station in the 1960s	Raroa, DM44 and Tui Tunnel No 7
Raroa Station, DM44	FT5200 at Khandallah	FT5200 at Khandallah	FT5200 at Khandallah
FP4610 at Khandallah Station	FT4610 at Khandallah Station	FT4610 at Khandallah Station	FP4610 at Khandallah Station
Khandallah, Kaka Tunnel No 6	FT4593 at Khandallah Station	FP4345 at Khandallah Station	Matangi unit in the Ngaio Gorge
Matangi unit in the Ngaio Gorge	Matangi unit in the Ngaio Gorge	Matangi unit in the Ngaio Gorge	Matangi unit in the Ngaio Gorge

The Paraparamu line

Paekakariki Station	FT4103 at Paekakariki station	Paekakariki Signal box interior	Paekakariki Signal box
DSA 258 at Plimmerton	J 1211 at Plimmerton	ET3085 at Plimmerton	ET3085 at Plimmerton Station

The Hutt Valley line

DC 4438 at Maymorn

Upper Hutt roundhouse

Petone, NZR works

Cable car to the Botanic Gardens and Kelburn

Preserved car No 1	Preserved car No 1	Preserved car No 1	Preserved trailer car
Original winding gear	Original winding gear	Car No 2 arriving at Kelburn	Car No 1 on it's way up
Cars 1 and 2 passing	Car No 2 on it's way up

Wellington Tramway Museum

Tramway Museum	Tramway Museum	Tramway Museum	Tramway Museum
Tramway Museum	Tramway Museum	Tramway Museum	Tramway Museum
Tramway Museum	Tramway Museum	Tramway Museum	Tramway Museum
Tramway Museum	Tramway Museum	Tramway Museum	Tramway Museum
Wellington Tram 232 in 1987