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Hutt Valley History 28; erosion & flood protection 3; work gangs at a gravel pit.
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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:-
“The main part of the bank was of river shingle collected from pits located at different points along the river bed."
Work gangs in a gravel pit.
From another picture, the boxes on the carts could be lifted off by a crane mounted on the front of a tracton engine.
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:-
“The main part of the bank was of river shingle collected from pits located at different points along the river bed."
Work gangs in a gravel pit.
From another picture, the boxes on the carts could be lifted off by a crane mounted on the front of a tracton engine.
Date Taken1902Part of
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Hutt Valley History 28; erosion & flood protection 3; work gangs at a gravel pit.. Upper Hutt Libraries, accessed 03/05/2026, https://uhcl.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/17259