A TOWN WITH CHARACTER
A rotunda in the centre of Blenheim ornamented with “iron lace” is an early sign that this town has character. Blenheim, with a population of around 15,000 grew from a trading post established in the 1850 s at a point where two rivers met, the limit of navigation for the little schooners and paddle-steamers which were then the district’s main link with the outside world. The twisting rivers and swamps nearby dictated
the quaint reading pattern that survives today in the 1 central area, though with the filling of low ground and the straightening of. river loops the reasons for the curves and corners' may be no longer apparent. As well as servicing the agricultural and pastoral farms around which the district’s economy has developed, Blenheim now has a variety of secondary industries still based mainly on the produce of the land.
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Press, 8 July 1976, Page 28
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