A previous blog post looked at the changes in the area. From streets lined with two storied buildings (mostly hotels), to poppet heads and aqueducts - over one hundred plus years the land use changed as the mining endeavors died at the Thames.
There is another photo of interest at the Auckland Council Libraries 'Kura' site. We used it previously to look at the poplar trees that once lined the streets.
Moanataiari Area: A Lantern slide taken by Photographer Josiah Martin c1890s
A closer look - down Owen Street to Brown Street.
- The Two chimneys (lower right) are in the area of old Golden Crown Street (now called Owen Street), situated where several large hotels were located including the Moanataiari Hotel - now part of the Foundry yards.
- The aqueduct runs from the Waiotahi and is parallel to Burke Street.
- Centre left is the large Governor Bowen Hotel that had an entrance on Pollen and Owen Streets.
- There are still pockets of the poplar trees that we have looked at in previous post.
- The A & G Price Foundry building is far right, facing Beach Road.
