Adelaide Road, Wellington
Current rights
Public Domain
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Object detail
About this object
View of Adelaide Road, Wellington from near the Basin Reserve looking south. Probably road widening for the electric tramway and dates to early 1900s (the tramway opened 1904). Commercial premises and houses are located on either side of the street. An electric tram is visible down the street. The road is also occupied by a horse and cart, and some cyclists. The photograph is thought to have been taken during the process of widening the road.
A note on the album page reads: Street Widening (Adelaide Road).
Photographer, unknown.
A note on the album page reads: Street Widening (Adelaide Road).
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: 113 x 158mm
Photograph: Height x Width: 113 x 158mm
Classification terms
Subject period
Subject date
1900-1904
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 16606
Credit Line
gifted by Pauline Schwabe
Other number(s)
m2000/64/2, 16606, 82743
Public comments
View from near the Basin Reserve looking south. I believe the tram is a horse tram heading away from the camera (towards Newtown), so the horses are hidden behind the tram. Also there are no overhead wires visible. A photo with similar view (from 1909-1914) in the Turnbull Collection (https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22839570) shows double electric tram tracks with overhead masts in the middle of a widened road. On that basis, this photo probably shows road widening for construction of electric tramway and dates to early 1900s (electric tramway opened 1904).
- GKS posted 3 years ago.