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Kōrero: Streets and lighting

Widening Wallace Street

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Widening Wallace Street

The introduction of electric trams in the early 20th century necessitated the widening of some streets before tracks could be laid. These workers are widening Wallace Street in the suburb of Mt Cook, Wellington, in 1925.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: PAColl-6001-13

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Adrian Humphris, Streets and lighting – Street standards and planning, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/24480/widening-wallace-street (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Adrian Humphris, i tāngia i te 6 April 2010.