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Fig. 11. Post & Telegraph Office c1910. <strong>North</strong> <strong>Shore</strong> Libraries, D GSV 0021.<br />

Places that represent this theme include:<br />

Signalman‟s House Mount Victoria Reserve<br />

Mount Victoria Signal Station Mount Victoria Reserve<br />

Hydrographic Survey Station and Mast (Mast relocated to Windsor Reserve in 1928)<br />

Former Post Office, then the Devonport Borough <strong>Council</strong> Chambers and now iSite 3 Victoria Road<br />

Former Post Office, „art deco‟ style 1938 10 Victoria Road<br />

Former Telephone Exchange, now the Stone Oven café 5 Clarence Street<br />

Vauxhall Rd shops, former Post Office, now an Interior Design Consultancy 89 Vauxhall Road<br />

2.4 Utilities<br />

2.4.1 Water supply<br />

Originally, Devonport homes were supplied with water from a series of wells and by rain collected from<br />

roofs. An aquifer running the length of Church Street was tapped, and William Cobley sank two wells<br />

opposite the Masonic Hotel in 1864, one for his ferry and one for the town.<br />

Devonport Borough <strong>Council</strong> first suggested that water be obtained from Lake Pupuke in 1887, but it wasn‟t<br />

until 1894 that the water pumping station opened. Water was pumped to Mt Victoria, where it was stored<br />

in a reservoir. Pipes made at Duder Bros brickworks were laid to every street and dwelling. The reservoir,<br />

one of the earliest constructed in <strong>Auckland</strong>, is vented by 20 cast iron „mushroom‟ vents.<br />

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