HeritageTalk: Building the Takapuna Tramway - Derek Whaley
Central Library, Level 2, 44 Lorne Street, CBD, Auckland
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On 9 February 1909, Waitemata County Council Chairman Vincent F. Kerr-Taylor turned the first sod of the Takapuna Tramways & Ferry Company’s tramway at Halls Corner in Takapuna. It was the start of a nearly two-year project that would ultimately see a steam-powered tramway run along the Bayswater Peninsula and up Lake Road to Takapuna before looping around Lake Pupuke. But the success of this venture was long in doubt and construction of the line was a trial by fire.
About the speaker
Derek R. Whaley is a Senior Research Librarian at Auckland Libraries and holds a PhD in History from the University of Canterbury. He began researching North Auckland railway and tramway projects in 2019 and has published several articles on the history of the Devonport Horse Tramway. A native of California, he has also published several books, articles, and blog posts on the history of railroads in the Santa Cruz Mountains and the Bay Area.
Image: New Zealand Graphic. Auckland to Takapuna—progress of the tramway works, 22 September 1909. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections NZG-19090922-0017-01.
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