Colour Photograph: Addington Railway Workshops Water Tower, 1985

Maker
Joan Woodward
Production date
1985
 Description
One landscape colour photograph taken in 1985 showing the railway water tower at Addington, Christchurch.
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Maker
Production place
Christchurch
Collecting unit
Photographs on paper
Pictorial
Production role
Photographer
Measurements
Dimensions (HxW) Inches: 7 x 6" (177.8 x 152.4mm)
Named collection
Joan Woodward
Researcher comments/remarks
The Addington water tower was constructed in 1883 to provide a high pressure water system for the Addington Railway Workshops. It was designed by Peter Ellis, Chief Draughtsman for the Railways Department and stands at 21.9 metres tall. The water tower was one of the world’s first reinforced concrete structures and was built using prison labour. The railway workshops it was built to service were closed in the 1980s and subsequently demolished; the tower remains is the only surviving structure from the complex.
Current rights
Creative Commons - CC BY-NC
Current rights code
Creative Commons - CC BY-NC
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Other id
7074/14
Accession number
19XX.2.3307

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