Swanson Heritage Station

Name: Swanson Heritage Station
Address: 760 Swanson Rd, Auckland, Auckland, 0612, New Zealand

Place Category: Historic and Historic todoPlace Tags: community, historic, and railway

Profile

– Heritage station building was originally from Avondale and brought here after a huge effort by the Swanson community.
References

Rugged Determination: p56-58
Identity

Cultural Heritage Identity (CHI): 17761

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Tram Line

– Was located along tram valley rd and cassels stream, ended near Pukematekeo (“the hill at the end of the range”) – build 1880s – aka ‘Gibbons’ tram line’ or ‘Swanson Pipeline Tramline’ – Now access route to Hillary trail [CHI Read more [...]

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Fenmore

– Reported as late 19th century villa, likely to be 1900s due to land history: – Henry Smyth 1883, mortgage default 1896, J P Sinclair, Robert Knox 1901. – Scheduled (UID 67)

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Challenge Service Station

Arty Strother ran a garage on this site for almost 30 years. After returning from World War II he bought a house (through the rehabilitation programme) next to the present garage and in 1947 accepted the offer of a job from Doug Mattson who had just built a new garage on the corner of Swanson and O’N Read more [...]

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Skate Park

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Calverts Butcher

In 1924 a butchery was established in Swanson by William (Bill) Calvert, who ran a farm on No 1 Road (now Coulter Road). A small shop was built where The Trusts retail shop, Swanson Village Wine and Spirits, is today. In 1935 the Calverts built a new shop on the site where it still is today. The Calv Read more [...]

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Swanson Train Station

– Original tracks reached Swanson in 1881 – Renewed station in 1916, and in 1974 – Current station (overbridge) is of 2013 when rail line was double tracked

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Swanson Fuel Reservoir

– Fuel tank, removed steel, bricks still there On private land, not visible from road. Please respect the privacy of the property owners.

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Railway Tunnel

– known as ‘North trunk line’ – Tunnel to Waitakere build in 1881 – Bricks to line tunnel dug from local clay, kilns supposedly still exist to left of tunnel (not visible from road) – Gradient ease deviation build started in 1930s, finished 1981 ! – At Read more [...]

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