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Brooklyn wind turbine

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Brooklyn wind turbine

The Brooklyn wind turbine on Polhill was built by the Electricity Corporation of New Zealand in the early 1990s to test the feasibility of a regional wind farm. Visible from many parts of Wellington, it has been adopted by Brooklyn as its symbol.

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by Chris Maclean

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Chris Maclean, Wellington places – Southern suburbs, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/13416/brooklyn-wind-turbine (accessed 16 June 2026).

Story by Chris Maclean, published 3 March 2009, updated 1 March 2016.