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The tower was was tower The solid. remainder thirds of its height, with the the with height, its of thirds spire being hollow for about two two about for hollow being spire were similarly constructed, the the constructed, similarly were 500mm thick. The tower and spire spire and tower The thick. 500mm stone, making a solid wall about about wall solid a making stone, are of brick, lined with Oamaru Oamaru with lined brick, of are The exterior walls of the church church the of walls exterior The for 1,000 people. people. 1,000 for had to be rebuilt. The church opened in 1873 and has seating seating has and 1873 in opened church The rebuilt. be to had the spire was slightly out of perpendicular and 4.6 m too short so so short too m 4.6 and perpendicular of out slightly was spire the The spire is 53 m high. When originally built, the top portion of of portion top the built, originally When high. m 53 is spire The Hunter, Builders. Builders. Hunter, Arthur Lawson and construction was undertaken by D & J J & D by undertaken was construction and Lawson Arthur work. The design competition for a church was won by Robert Robert by won was church a for competition design The work. until 1867 as the site was lowered to provide fill for reclamation reclamation for fill provide to lowered was site the as 1867 until 1848 but construction of the current building wasn't commenced commenced wasn't building current the of construction but 1848 A Church Reserve was established here by the first settlers in in settlers first the by here established was Reserve Church A 18 First Church Church First 18 2.5km—1.5Hrs 2.5km—1.5Hrs Walk 1 – The Octagon Route Route Octagon The – 1 Walk and early prosperity. prosperity. early and Engineers that were pivotal in the city’s development development city’s the in pivotal were that Engineers Recognising the vision, skills and tenacity of early early of tenacity and skills vision, the Recognising Heritage Trail Trail Heritage Engineering Engineering structure that takes on the appearance of the local basalt. local the of appearance the on takes that structure historical records. historical citadel-like a in enclosed are steps The wall. retaining massive bullock wagon, cars and bicycles, along with computers and and computers with along bicycles, and cars wagon, bullock a also is and ramp a and steps has It widened. was Street locomotive, there is a cable car, coach, coach, car, cable a is there locomotive, J the and Josephine Dowling when 1926 in erected was structure fortress-like This Dunedin's Dunedin's A Museum and look at some of the displays there. As well as as well As there. displays the of some at look and Museum This was part of Bell Hill. Initially there were wooden steps here. here. steps wooden were there Initially Hill. Bell of part was This The walk ends at First Church but you can return to the Settlers Settlers the to return can you but Church First at ends walk The 17 Dowling Street Steps Steps Street Dowling 17 Otago Settlers Museum displays displays Museum Settlers Otago A between 1908 and 1948. The line north from Dunedin had much Introduction 2 Josephine and Locomotive J 1274 of its second track removed in 1984 and the Mosgiel line was converted to a single track in the early 1990's. The Centralised Train Control signalling system was also When telling the stories behind buildings, structures and Josephine and long lost sister replaced by the Track Warrant system at machinery, there are a number of different slants that a Rose were the first 3' 6" gauge that time. researcher can take. Often, the emphasis is on the architecture, locomotives in New Zealand, while A The Main Trunk continues to be a major the science or the social history. This brochure reflects the J 1274 was the last steam transport artery. The route north is steep stories from an Engineering perspective. However, like so much locomotive to be built in New and winding, and has severe speed in life, the subject matter doesn't fall neatly into categories and Zealand. Josephine was shipped restrictions in places. Early trains were for some sites we need to consider the role of other professions to Port Chalmers in 1872 and was hauled by tank engines (including aside from our own. But with the theme being Engineering, we used mainly on the Dunedin to Josephine), but by 1895 more powerful won't dwell on cosmetic details or personalities, instead Port Chalmers line but later on the tender engines were in use. Locomotives recognising the significant skills, concepts, technologies and South Island Main Trunk line, and at Wanganui and various lines were constructed in the UK, then the visions associated with each point of interest. in Otago. USA, as well as the Hillside Workshops The term Engineering has much wider scope than most people In 1917, at the end of its working life, Josephine was sold as here in Dunedin and other Government realise, including Structural, Fire, Civil, Hydraulic, Electrical, scrap to the Otago Iron Rolling Mills for £173. The Rolling Mill Railway workshops. Diesel locomotives came into use from Mechanical, Telecommunications and Transport. Therefore, the owners were reluctant to melt it down and used it to provide 1957. IPENZ Heritage Chapter has prepared these walks to give a steam when one of their boilers failed. The mill owners sample of the city's rich past while demonstrating as many presented Josephine to the Otago Early Settlers Museum in 4 Dunedin Railway Station different disciplines as possible. 1924 and it was displayed at the New Zealand and South Seas The official European settlement of Dunedin started in 1848 International Exhibition in Dunedin in 1925. Left sitting outside The Dunedin Railway Station foundation stone was laid in 1904 when Scottish Presbyterians arrived. The Gabriels Gully gold the museum, it again faced the scrap heap in the late 1960s. A and the building officially opened in 1906 to cater for the rush of 1861 brought thousands of miners and much money to successful campaign for Josephine’s restoration ensured that it travelling public of what was then New Zealand’s commercial Otago. Dunedin became the largest city in NZ and there was an was made presentable and placed within the museum building. centre. increasing demand for engineering services. JA 1274 was built by New Zealand Railways at Hillside It was designed by Railway Workshops in George A Troup, the first Dunedin to a design similar official architect of the 1 Otago Settlers Museum to that used by the North New Zealand Railways, who designed many other British locomotive works. It was the last of a batch of 35 stations in New Zealand, The oldest building on this site was opened in 1907 as an Art locomotives and was including New Plymouth, Gallery. The adjoining Settlers Hall opened 1908. They were completed in December Lower Hutt and Bluff. designed by Architect Arthur John Burnside and built by Mr Orr 1956, retiring in May 1971 after travelling nearly 444,000 miles. Campbell. The Donald Reid wing was built by Loan and Watson It was withdrawn due to a recurring boiler problem, but other The construction of the and opened in 1922. Josephine was moved into this wing in the class members operated until the withdrawal of steam in Dunedin Railway Station was an outstanding engineering feat 1960s. October 1971. for its time. It was built on land reclaimed from the harbour, and numerous difficulties were faced by contractors. 600 Australian hardwood piles were driven into the reclaimed land and remain 3 South Island Main Trunk Railway below the high tide mark. On these was laid a plinth of stone and concrete, mixed by the first electrically operated concrete mixer to be used in Dunedin. Two steam cranes were used to lift stones into position and platforms for the cranes had to be built The South Island Main Trunk Line evolved through a number of decades rather than being built as a complete railway and as the building grew in height. ceremoniously opened. The line promoted by the Dunedin and The original main foyer floor Port Chalmers Railway Company opened in 1873, and was the consisted of 725,760 half-inch first line to adopt the 3' 6" gauge that became the New Zealand porcelain squares manufactured standard. Between Andersons Bay Road and the Caversham by Royal Doulton in England Tunnel, the line was elevated on a timber trestle that was then especially for the New Zealand backfilled to form the embankments seen today. Railways. In the 1960s the floor The causeway construction and double-tracking between was replaced by a replica of the Dunedin and Sawyers Bay took place in a number of stages original following subsidence.