Municipal Electricity Department collection

Direct current steam driven generator, Armagh Street station : Image 1 of 1

Image of Direct current steam driven generator, Armagh Street station, 1903 1903

  • Title Direct current steam driven generator, Armagh Street station, 1903
  • Creator Municipal Electricity Department
  • Date 1903
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  • Image 1 of 1
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  • Physical Description Size of original : 16 x 12 cm. Digital file from original photograph. Scanned 2011. Equipment: Cruse CS185 Scanner; format tiff, 300 ppi.
  • Notes Photograph caption: The first of two direct current Steam driven Generators, each of 100 kw installed in Armagh St Station, 1903.
  • Source Archive 1050
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  • Collection Description A collection of photographs of Christchurch and surrounds taken in the course of the business of the Municipal Electricity Department. The images document the building of the M.E.D. building in the 1930s, various types of the electrical infrastructure, and includes views of the city from early to mid twentieth century.
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  • Collection Location Christchurch City Libraries Archive collection
  • File Reference CCL-MED-0016

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    This material has been digitised from the Archives and Manuscripts collection of Christchurch City Libraries.