More Info →Group at Valve Tower, Karori Reservoir

Description

This image comes from a collection of glass negatives found in the attic of 'Lovelock's cottage' by 'Keebles Farm' near Massey University. The people in the images are possibly the Lovelock family, but their identities have not been confirmed.

The gothic style valve tower was constructed c.1872-1878 for the lower dam at the Wellington Waterworks at Karori. Nicolas Marchant, a civil engineer, was the architect. The earth dam was the first of its kind built by a municipality in Aotearoa New Zealand.

This is now the site of the Zealandia Te Māra a Tāne urban ecosanctuary.

Identification

Object type

Image

Identifier

2012/20

Relation

Coolstore - Love Box

Date

1890 to 1910

Digitisation ID

2015G_LoveB1_011095

Format

Glass negative

Held In

"Coolstore"