Evolving Auckland : the city's engineering heritage /
edited by John La Roche.
- 335 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour) ; 26 cm
"IPENZ Engineering Heritage Auckland Chapter." "IPENZ Engineers New Zealand."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. People and engineering -- 2. Water and waste water -- 3. Harbour development -- 4. Roads and motorways -- 5. Ferries and trams -- 6. Railways -- 7. Bridges -- 8. Telecommunications -- 9. Aviation -- 10. Military protection -- 11. Energy supplies -- 12. Industrial development -- 13. Buildings -- -- People and engineering -- Introduction / From 1840 to the present - an overview / Development of professional engineering education and engineering institutions in New Zealand / Water and waste water -- Auckland's water supply / Auckland's wastewater / North Shore sewerage / Harbour development -- Development of Auckland Ports / Roads and motorways -- Roads / Auckland motorways / Mike Lancaster and John La Roche -- -- Ferries and trams -- Auckland ferries / John Duder -- Auckland trams / Railways -- A brief history of Auckland's railways / Bridges -- Auckland Harbour Bridge / Grafton Bridge / Mangere Bridge / Newmarket Viaduct / Tamiki River Bridge, Panmure / Telecommunications -- Telecommunications in Auckland / Neil Mander and John La Roche -- Musik Point Radio Station / Warkworth Satellite Earth Station / COMPAC submarine telephone cable system / Neil Mander -- -- Aviation -- Walsh Brother's Flying School / Mangere - Auckland International Airport / Military protection -- Albert Barracks wall / Albert Park air raid shelters / North Head: engineering Auckland's victorian defences / Stony Batter: Auckland's last fortress / Mt Eden shot tower / Energy supplies -- The Auckland Gas Company / Auckland City Destructor / A brief history of electricity in Auckland / Industrial development -- Steel from ironsand / Slurry transportation ironsand concentrate - mine site to Glenbrook / Chelsea Sugar Works / Winstone's Lunn Avenue Quarry, Mt Wellington, Auckland / Kawau mining / The cement works of Northland / Buildings -- Heritage buildings / Auckland Townhall / Auckland High Court / Civic Theatre / Auckland War Memorial Museum / Auckland Chief Post Office / Auckland City Art Gallery / Sky Tower / Judy McDonald -- Brian Bartley -- John La Roche -- -- John La Roche -- John Fitzmaurice -- John Fitzmaurice -- -- Les Jones -- -- Bryan Bartley -- Colin Zeff -- -- Rhys Thomas -- -- Mike Lancaster -- Bryan Bartley -- Mike Lancaster and John La Roche -- Mike Lancaster and John La Roche -- John La Roche -- -- Rhys Tomas -- Neil Mander -- Colin Zieff -- Mike Lancaster -- -- Rhys Thomas -- Rhys Thomas, Bryan Bartley and Elizabeth Aitken Rose. -- David Veart -- David Veart -- Bryan Bartley -- -- David Veart -- Bryan Bartley and Elizabeth Aitken Rose -- Bryan Leyland -- -- Sir John Ingram -- Sir John Ingram -- by Alec Aitken and John La Roche -- Bryan Bartley -- John Duder -- Andrew Marriott and John La Roche -- -- Bryan Bartley and Colin Nicholas -- Bryan Bartley, Elizabeth Aitken Rose and Mark Hedley -- Elizabeth Aitken Rose -- Elizabeth Aitken Rose and Mark Hedley -- Mark Hedley -- Mark Hedley -- Mark Hedley -- Dale Turkington. 1. 1.1. 1.2. 1.3. 2. 2.1. 2.2. 2.3. 3. 3.1. 4. 4.1. 4.2. 5. 5.1. 5.2. 6. 6.1. 7. 7.1. 7.2. 7.3. 7.4. 7.5. 8. 8.1. 8.2. 8.3. 8.4. 9. 9.1. 9.2. 10. 10.1. 10.2. 10.3. 10.4. 10.5. 11. 11.1. 11.2. 11.3. 12. 12.1. 12.2. 12.3. 12.4. 12.5. 12.6. 13. 13.1. 13.2. 13.3. 13.4. 13.5. 13.6. 13.7. 13.8.
It is easy to understand why Auckland has the largest population of any region in the country. It is blessed with two very sheltered harbours and probably the mildest climate in New Zealand. Auckland has become the commercial capital of New Zealand, but this hasn't happened without the innovation and initiatives provided by the engineering profession. Engineers have been charged with making things,building our infrastructure and keeping it going in the face of rapidly increasing population growth. The basics like water supply, drainage and power supplies are essential, as are the harbour facilities, telecommunications, roads, railways, bridges and airports. The development of these facilities since 1840, the difficulties, political controversies and heartbreaks are described in this book by engineers who have been responsible for building our many and varied facilities.