AN OLD-TIME FORTRESS IN WELLINGTON.—Few people realise when passing along the Hutt Road in some modern conveyance that on the hillside above them at Ngahauranga is situated Fort Kelburn, now abandoned, but still complete with chevaux de frise and gun emplacements. The building of the fort, named after Lord Kelburn, was supervised by Sir William Jervois during his period as Governor of New Zealand At the top is a general view of the buildings, and inset in the corner are the figures 1886, indicating the year of construction. Below, on left, tramline to convey ammunition to the two gin. guns with which the fort was armed, and on right the chevaux de frise on the hillside below the fort.
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Taranaki Daily News, 16 April 1932, Page 5
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119AN OLD-TIME FORTRESS IN WELLINGTON.—Few people realise when passing along the Hutt Road in some modern conveyance that on the hillside above them at Ngahauranga is situated Fort Kelburn, now abandoned, but still complete with chevaux de frise and gun emplacements. The building of the fort, named after Lord Kelburn, was supervised by Sir William Jervois during his period as Governor of New Zealand At the top is a general view of the buildings, and inset in the corner are the figures 1886, indicating the year of construction. Below, on left, tramline to convey ammunition to the two gin. guns with which the fort was armed, and on right the chevaux de frise on the hillside below the fort. Taranaki Daily News, 16 April 1932, Page 5
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