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Christchurch Drainage Board: Maps and Plans

 Series
Identifier: CCC/ARC/S65

Scope and Contents

Maps and plans created and used by the Christchurch Drainage Board. Includes a wide range of maps showing sewer connections across the central city and wider suburbs.

This series includes:

A set of transparencies created for the Christchurch Drainage Board from Drainage Board maps and other historical maps (1856-1905) showing roads, rivers, stormwater systems, pipelines and pumping stations. Many of these are mounted into frames with annotations.

Plans of the City of Christchurch showing drainage across various city locations including Linwood, Woolston, Heathcote, Halswell, Cashmere and some central areas including Antigua Street, Strickland Street, Brougham Street , Durham Street and Montreal Street.

Dates

  • Creation: c.1870s-1992

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This series is open access under the Public Records Act 2005 and is available to view on request.

This access status has been put in place in accordance with guidance from Archives New Zealand. For more information contact Christchurch City Council Archives.

Conditions Governing Use

The use of some items in this series is restricted due to the fragility of the content.

Contact Christchurch City Council Archives for more information on how to access this material.

Extent

2 Folders (Oversized)

14 Plans

Language of Materials

English

Former Identifiers

CCC/ARC/24-010; CCC/ARC/24-019

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Christchurch City Council Archive Collection Repository

Contact:
New Zealand