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Cable car to Highgate

Cable car to Highgate

Dunedin schoolboys ride a cable car from the city, probably around 1940. Cable cars and trams opened up the hillsides above the city for housing, and remained a feature of the city until the 1950s.

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Malcolm McKinnon, 'Otago places - Northern Dunedin', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/22769/cable-car-to-highgate (accessed 24 April 2024)

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, updated 1 Jul 2015