Karori Reservoir, Wellington
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Public Domain
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About this object
View of the Karori Reservoir, Wellington, possibly taken in the late nineteenth or early twentieth century.
A single storey house and the Lower Karori Dam, completed in 1873, are visible in the foreground. Three women can be seen on the right side of the photograph. The valve tower and boatshed lie in the midground.
A note on the album page reads: Karori Reservoir (after 6 weeks drought).
Photographer, unknown.
A single storey house and the Lower Karori Dam, completed in 1873, are visible in the foreground. Three women can be seen on the right side of the photograph. The valve tower and boatshed lie in the midground.
A note on the album page reads: Karori Reservoir (after 6 weeks drought).
Photographer, unknown.
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph glued into an album with a leather spine and corners, and red linen cover.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Album (closed): Height x Width: 310 x 260mm
Photograph: Height x Width: 116 x 157mm
Photograph: Height x Width: 116 x 157mm
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Subject period
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 16592
Credit Line
gifted by Pauline Schwabe
Other number(s)
m2000/64/2, 16592, 82682
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