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In January 1887, the Weekly News reports “a large new store has been erected on the southern side of the railway line”. Charles Freeman wrote about a store at Halverson’s big house (known as Ericksons) behind the railway station. A former occupier of the house in the 1970s recalls being told by a visitor that there was a shop operating there in earlier times.
The large house was demolished in 2017 to make space for the Penihana housing project.
– Public hall site gazetted 1887. Never built? – Archaeological site? [SO 2914, SO 46148, DP 42747] Do not publish this item before we know more about it…. Read more...
In preparaton for the construction of the Waitakere Dam in the early 1900s, a tramway was constructed to be able to transport all materials and supplies, including the 28ft cast iron pipe lengths, from Swanson Station to the dam site. Most of the tramway route land was secured in 1904 from Mr A. Wright for seven shillings and sixpence an Read more...
Candia Road was named by Waitemata County Council on 21 Nov 1941, previously is was No.2 Road, Swanson (reference:1). It is named after Candia city, a British seaport on the island of Crete, which actually changed name to Heraklion after the Battle of Crete in 1941. The name Candia Bay still exists today on Crete. The steep hills at Candia Read more...
– Archeological site of Timber dam – build 1850s – between 25-33 Tram Vallay rd and 1234 Scenic Drive [CHI 1324] [Historic Sites of the Waitakere Ranges] Read more...
(near 50 or 52 Tram Valley rd) [CHI 1083] [Historic Sites of the Waitakere Ranges] Read more...