Port Ahuriri from Hospital Hill
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About this object
A photograph of the eastern spit and Port Ahuriri taken from Hospital Hill in the late 1880s. The bank across the lagoon was the first contact in connection with the Breakwater and was constructed to carry the railway from the Port.
The large building shown on the right foreground is the old mill, and the later site of T S Marshall's grain store, then later T H Gifford's, and later still W Plowman and Sons. The building to the right of the road coming down the hill is Bluff Boarding House. The store at the bottom of the hill with the lean to was Miss Kenny's first store which was later at the corner of Waghorne Street and Battery Road.
To the right of Miss Kenny's store was Archie Waddell who was a cordial manufacturer who worked with Gifford's lemonade factory and was a member of the Spit Fire Brigade. Mr Waddell drowned in 1887 during his attempt to assist in the wreck of the Northumberland.
On the lower left is Shakespeare Road corner, also the track leading to Bayview Road.
Photographer unknown.
The large building shown on the right foreground is the old mill, and the later site of T S Marshall's grain store, then later T H Gifford's, and later still W Plowman and Sons. The building to the right of the road coming down the hill is Bluff Boarding House. The store at the bottom of the hill with the lean to was Miss Kenny's first store which was later at the corner of Waghorne Street and Battery Road.
To the right of Miss Kenny's store was Archie Waddell who was a cordial manufacturer who worked with Gifford's lemonade factory and was a member of the Spit Fire Brigade. Mr Waddell drowned in 1887 during his attempt to assist in the wreck of the Northumberland.
On the lower left is Shakespeare Road corner, also the track leading to Bayview Road.
Photographer unknown.
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph glued to cardboard.
Measurements
Height x Width: 160 x 212mm
Height x Width: 208 x 282mm
Height x Width: 208 x 282mm
Signature/Inscription
Negative of this photo in album 20, Inscription, Handwritten
HB Art Gallery and Museum, Stamp, Stamped
HB Art Gallery and Museum, Stamp, Stamped
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Caption
Collection of Hawke’s Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 838
Credit Line
from the estate of A G Thompson
Other number(s)
51/84, 838, 75803
Accession number
51/84
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