OLD WELLINGTON
REVEALED IN “DOMINION” EXCAVATIONS Traces of old Wellington have been revealed by the excavations for the foundations of the new Dominion offices on a block of land between Old Customhouse Ouav and Wakefield Street Quite close to the line of Old Customhouse Quay, some six to eight feet of filling has been found above the gravelly sand of the old beach, and 'here ami there the remains of stout old birch piles, in a good state of preservation, have been uncovered. These are the remains of Robertson’s wharf, and are a reminder of those davs when a good . . deal of ship-building and repairing was done in that corner of Lambton harbour. Another evidence of the old times was laid bare in a conglomerate of iron shavings, the refuse from J and II Barber’s tin works, where tins used to be made for packing meat foi export to the islands, and for local consumption. The foundations for the new building will be as much as 18ft. in depth in some places.
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Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 88, 8 January 1926, Page 8
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172OLD WELLINGTON Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 88, 8 January 1926, Page 8
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