Installation of telephone lines, Jervois Quay

Print copied from a photograph published in the Weekly News (June 25th, 1908) and supplied by Auckland Institute and Museum. 

The caption from the original excerpt reads: 
"Progress of the underground telephone installation at Wellington: A general view of the operations along Jervois Quay.

The wires are first encased in pipes made of prepared papier mache, which are in turn embedded in cement. The large chimney stack shown in the background marks the Wellington Electric Tramway power house."