The Destructor (Wellington Corporation Yard)

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The Wellington City Council's Corporation Yard in Te Aro. The large building across the centre of the image was known as 'The Destructor', where rubbish from throughout the city was burnt in large furnaces.

Datec. 1910PhotographerUnidentifiedReference50011-328Holding InstitutionWellington City LibrariesOriginal negative / print reference numberWP8602Original print size (mm)153 x 110Map^[1]AcknowledgementThis photograph was donated to the Wellington Historical and Early Settler's Association in the in the 1920s or 30s by Mrs. Wilhelmina (Minnie) Morton, widow of the late City Engineer William H. Morton. The Association's collection was passed on to Wellington City Libraries in the mid-1990s.

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