PIPITEA PIER.
OUR NEXT WORK IN WHARVES. • ■ Tho next wharf to be erected in WeV lington by the Harbour Board will Ixs the Pipitea Wharf, which will project! into the harbour about 200 yards to the north of and parallel to the King i . Wharf. , . u Profiting by past experience, it is not} intended to have the new wharf so naN row as tho other wharves in that vicinity, According to the plans that are at pi-eJ sent being prepared under tho euperiu-' tendenco of Mr. Jas. Mnrchbanks, tliei Pi pi tea Wharf will bo about 600 ft. long and 200 ft. wido. This great width will give ample space for, shed accommodation, and it is intended that': the storage ac coimnodatioii will consist of one shed only extending over tho greater length of tha wluirf and 80ft. wide, or nearly twioq the width of the sheds on tho, King s f 'Pipitea Wharf will figure among tho works to be undertaken by tho next year.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1559, 1 October 1912, Page 4
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