Additional Makers
Engraver: Henry Melville (1792-1870)
Description
The river in the foreground with a Maori canoe, an arched bridge and Fort Richmond in the middle ground, hills in the distance
Image Licence
All Rights Reserved
Image Credit
Alexander Turnbull Library
Location
Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand
Country
New Zealand
Medium
Print
Tags
Category
Buildings & Architecture
TWW Comment
Fort Richmond was a wooden fortification built in 1845 on what was the eastern bank of the Hutt River, north of the bridge. The river changed course and the site is now in the middle of the river. The buildings were removed circa 1960.
see: https://natlib.govt.nz/records/40716908
