Late 1870`s -TAINUI STREET GREYMOUTH - Post Office Hotel on right built in 1876 renamed Revingtons

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DescriptionLate 1870`s--TAINUI STREET GREYMOUTH. Post Office Hotel on right built in 1876 renamed Revingtons. Note the gas light( far right). No electricity in Greymouth until 1926. The railway to Greymouth from the Brunner coalmine commenced in 1876.Date of PhotoLate 1870`sMap^[1]ContributorTony Kokshoorn

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Location (city or town)GreymouthTAINUI STREETLandmark (Place)Post Office Hotel Organisation (eg business)Post Office Hotel

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Date Created27th September 2024CommentsAlan Beck
Coal gas at the Railways settlement.
I gather WCEPBd offered big discount to change to the Lecky.

Ceol Mhor NZ
What would the 2 big poles on the left be for (telephone perhaps) another Gas light on left by 2 story pub. Rake of coal wagons at rear.

Julie Cartner
My mother rembered the power being put on in Devon St they were the last house in the street

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Late 1870`s -TAINUI STREET GREYMOUTH - Post Office Hotel on right built in 1876 renamed Revingtons

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