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Hutt Valley History 27; Erosion & Flood protection 2; standardised gravel carts.
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PhotographerYork Studios
DescriptionOne of a set of 64 images from what must have been a mid-1950s film-strip presentation by Lower Hutt City Council on over 110 years of progress.
Twin stop-banks, Melling to harbour, were built between April 1901 and January 1903.
Original description:-
“Some of the carts are lined up here after work has finished for the day."
Each cart seems to have been drawn by three horses, and the box bodies could be lifted off by a steam-powered crane mounted on the front of a traction engine, and then swung onto the top of a stop-bank, then probably placed on the bank, where after two of the four slings were uncoupled, the crane would lift each box to tip out the contents, and then re-hook the slings and return it to its cart.
Date Taken1902
DescriptionOne of a set of 64 images from what must have been a mid-1950s film-strip presentation by Lower Hutt City Council on over 110 years of progress.Twin stop-banks, Melling to harbour, were built between April 1901 and January 1903.
Original description:-
“Some of the carts are lined up here after work has finished for the day."
Each cart seems to have been drawn by three horses, and the box bodies could be lifted off by a steam-powered crane mounted on the front of a traction engine, and then swung onto the top of a stop-bank, then probably placed on the bank, where after two of the four slings were uncoupled, the crane would lift each box to tip out the contents, and then re-hook the slings and return it to its cart.
Date Taken1902Part of
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Hutt Valley History 27; Erosion & Flood protection 2; standardised gravel carts.. Upper Hutt Libraries, accessed 03/05/2026, https://uhcl.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/17258