Water From the West

Water From the West

Building the dams and tramlines in the Upper Nihotupu Valley for Auckland's water supply.

Harvey Stewart 2024 Privately Published, Auckland. 112 pp. ISBN 978-0-473-71216-7

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Blurb

Between 1905 and 1929 the Auckland City Council built dams in the Waitakere, Upper Nihotupu and Upper Huia valleys to provide water for the rapidly growing city. Access to each of these dams was by narrow gauge railway or tramline. This book tells the story of the construction of the tramlines and four dams in the Upper Nihotupu valley, only one of which is still in service today. A unique feature of the Upper Nihotupu dam construction access was a cable hauled incline which lifted the supply wagons 127m over a distance of 575m. The personal memoirs of one of the incline workers are included.

Review

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The book greatly benefits from the services of a professional designer to lift it above many self published efforts.

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