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Mechanisation, 1950s

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Mechanisation, 1950s

By the 1950s asphalt-laying machines like this one in Wellington’s Ghuznee Street were part of the growing mechanisation of street building and maintenance.

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Wellington City Archives

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Adrian Humphris, Streets and lighting – Street construction and surfaces, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/24490/mechanisation-1950s (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Adrian Humphris, published 6 April 2010.