Preparation for the Centenary Block next page return to home page back to previous page

At last, contracts were let for the necessary excavation work, and the extensive earthworks got underway in 1939.
These photos give some idea of the scale of the project  

Click on any of the images to get a magnified view

All photographs courtesy Archives New Zealand / Te Whare Tohu Tuhituhinga O Aotearoa          ref: ABRR 7563 W4990/9n