Municipal Electricity Department collection

Highbank Power Station viewed from the riverbed : Image 1 of 1

Image of Highbank Power Station viewed from the riverbed, 1944 1944

  • Title Highbank Power Station viewed from the riverbed, 1944
  • Creator Municipal Electricity Department
  • Date 1944
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  • Image 1 of 1
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  • Physical Description Size of original : 21 x 16 cm. Digital file from original photograph. Scanned 2011. Equipment: Cruse CS185 Scanner; format tiff, 300 ppi.
  • Notes Photograph caption: Highbank Power Station (from riverbed). Autumn 1944 [From Rangitata to Rakaia[?] river].
  • Source Archive 1050
  • Collection Name
  • 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-0041

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