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In 1883, Oriental Bay was a stony beach with a few houses and boatsheds. The railway track was built to carry spill from the Oriental Bay quarry to the Te Aro reclamation, north of Courtenay Place.
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Alexander Turnbull Library, J. H. Lowe Collection
Reference: 1/2-048029; F
by Connolly & Hermann
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