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Addington Water Tower with some damage from the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake
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The Addington Railway Workshops was a major railway workshops established in the Christchurch suburb of Addington in 1877 by the Public Works Department, and transferred in 1880 to the newly-formed New Zealand Railways Department (NZR). The workshops closed in 1990.

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Addington Railway Workshops

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Zealand Railways Department (NZR). The workshops closed in 1990. Addington Railway Workshops were opened in 1877 to overhaul and construct railway equipment...

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in the 1950s and 1960s. These carriages would be brought from Addington Railway Workshops in Christchurch, shunted into the riverbed, and then burnt to...

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originated from the construction of A class 4-6-2 No. 409 at Addington Railway Workshops in 1906. A two-cylinder simple-expansion locomotive, 409 was...

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previously located at the Addington Workshops was relocated to East Town. East Town had been operating as two complete sets of workshops for both the Maintenance...

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in the Addington Railway Workshops. Along with opening new lines, NZR began acquiring a number of the private railways which had built railway lines around...

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two steam locomotives built at the Addington Railway Workshops in Christchurch, New Zealand by the New Zealand Railways Department (NZR). They were the first...

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at Hillside Workshops and Hutt Workshops from British Railways Mark 2 carriages NZR Addington Workshops, Christchurch NZR Hutt Workshops, Lower Hutt/Wellington...

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Technical High School. After leaving school, he worked at the Addington Railway Workshops, but became a travelling sales representative for a wine and...

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Percy Angus

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joined the New Zealand Government Railways as a mechanical engineering cadet in Invercargill in 1910, and worked in Addington and Wellington. He became assistant...

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56-foot carriage. Built in 1939 at Addington Workshops, Christchurch. Overhauled at United Group's Hutt Workshops and returned to Pukeoware in May 2008...

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provided access to the industrial area off Blenheim Road and to the Addington Railway Workshops. A small change was made in 1947 to provide better access to...

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Canterbury University College in 1942. In 1946, he began the Addington Railway Workshops Choir, which was supported by Bob Semple, the Minister of Works...

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built by New Zealand Railways (NZR). Eleven were built at NZR's own Addington Workshops in Christchurch and Hillside Workshops in Dunedin. Four more...

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