Christchurch a city of light chronicles the history of the Municipal Electricity Department (MED) and the role electricity played in the development of Christchurch prior to the formation of...
"Issued to consumers by the Municipal Electricity Department, Christchurch, New Zealand." A small cook book advertising the benefits of cooking with electric appliances including recipes.
Scenes of Municipal Electricity Department workers lowering their colleague, Sammy Hurunui to the ground and laying him flat during a simulated electric shock incident and rescue.
Shelves of tools in store at the Municipal Electricity Department.
Portrait of Edwin Hallett Mace, Chief Engineer for the Municipal Electricity Department.
Portrait of Wilfred Gordon Johnstone.
Operation of the LT switch at the Clarendon Street substation.
Installation of street lamps on St Asaph Street.
Firefighters attending a damaged substation at Moncks Spur.
Firefighters attending a substation at Moncks Spur damaged by a concrete mixer truck.
Poles stored in the yard at the Municipal Electricity Department depot on Packe Street.
Wood stave tank and electric truck in front of the former main office of the Municipal Electricity Department which is under demolition.
Ferguson Pailin switch gear at Armagh Street station.
Lines department staff standing outside the Municipal Electricity Department building on Manchester Street.
Demonstration of safety technique from the Municipal Electricity Department safety booklet.
Construction of the car parking building on the corner of Gloucester Street and Manchester Street.
Looking south from the Municipal Electricity Department yard towards the construction site of the car parking building on the corner of Gloucester Street and Manchester Street.
Demolition of former Municipal Electricity Department buildings on Gloucester Street.
A Ryan Brothers bulldozer is used to demolition former Municipal Electricity Department buildings on Gloucester Street.
Framing for the car parking building under construction on the corner of Gloucester Street and Manchester Street. Seen from the Municipal Electricity Department yard.