Lyttelton Harbour Board
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The Lyttelton Harbour Board was established on 10 January 1877 to manage Lyttelton Harbour. The harbour had previously been managed by the Canterbury Provincial Council, but provincial government ceas
Original Lyttelton Harbour Board offices with earthquake damage; the top story has since been rebuilt to a modern design
Hugo Friedlander, 17th chairman of the Lyttelton Harbour Board (1909–1913)
Edward Richardson
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Edward Richardson was a New Zealand civil and mechanical engineer, and Member of Parliament. Born in England, he emigrated to Australia and continued there as a railway engineer. Having become a partn
Lyttelton Harbour Board
…functions transferred to the Lyttelton Port Company. The Lyttelton Harbour Board held its first meeting on 18 January 1877. The ten inaugural members were Edward Richardson, John Hall, Hugh Murray-Aynsley, Peter Cunningham, Richard James Strachan Harman, David Craig, John Anderson, Edward George Wright, Henry Sawtell, and…
Edward Richardson, c. 1894
Lyttelton portal of the Lyttelton Rail Tunnel with construction workers in 1867
Richardson's tunnel allowed passage between Lyttelton Harbour and the Canterbury Plains (top)
Richardson's residence, The Hollies, in 2011