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Wellington is known for its wind, and large wind turbines constructed between 2007 and 2009 at Mākara, to the city's west, provide a significant source of electric power. Wellington's strong winds have a much less positive effect on the life span of the city’s umbrellas – as seen here in 1975.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)
Reference: EP/1975/5035/11-F
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