Christchurch City Council: City Engineer's Maps and Plans
Scope and Contents
Maps and plans of bridges in the central city and suburbs.
Includes Christchurch Drainage Board plans 1879-1936; Aerial photographs 1930-1952; Bound volume of Block Plans 1879-1937; Plans for Queen Elizabeth II Park 1972-1988.
Also includes a folder of Benchmarks. Benchmarks are levelled survey points located across the city, referred to as the Christchurch Drainage Datum (CDD). The benchmarks are used to establish the site level control for civil construction works and provide control for monitoring the city’s drainage network.
Dates
- Creation: 1874-c.2010
Creator
- Christchurch City Council (November 1862-Present) (Organization)
- Christchurch City Council. City Engineer's Department (1923-1982) (Organization)
- Christchurch City Council. City Works and Planning Department (1982-1989) (Organization)
- Christchurch City Council. Technical Services Group. Design Services (1989-1996) (Organization)
- Christchurch City Council. Operations Group. City Design Unit (1996-2003) (Organization)
- Christchurch City Council. Strategic Development Group. City Solutions Unit (2004-2016) (Organization)
Extent
116 Plans (Mostly A0 size.)
3 Folders (Oversized)
1 Volumes (Oversized containing maps)
Language of Materials
English
Existence and Location of Copies
Some items from this accession have been digitised by Christchurch City Libraries. See external documents for more information.
Condition Description
Some fragile. Many on handpainted wax paper.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Christchurch City Council Archive Collection Repository