π’ New Zealand Railways, Newmarket Workshop
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AJHR 1879-1886, 1893, 1925.
Holman, Dinah, 2001, Newmarket: lost and found.
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A site for the Newmarket Railway Workshops was purchased in 1879 [1]. Preparatory work began on the site in 1880. Contracts for erecting buildings on the site were let and in 1883 and 1884, with this work completed in 1884. The first buildings included an engine-erecting shop, machine and fitting shop, smiths' shop, pattern shop, wood-working and machine shop, carriage shop, and iron and coal stores [2]. It appears the workshops were in operation in 1884 after the completion of the contracts, though this is not clear.
Further additions were made to the workshops in 1885, and frequently over the years as the workshops continued to expand. Additions in the early 1900s included a paint shop, a shed for fitting up Westinghouse brakes, a travelling crane and a permanent way store, a foundry (making iron and brass castings), engine house, engine pit, riveting tower and car and wagon shop. Passenger cars and freight wagons were built at the workshops, as well as repairs made to existing rolling stock [3]. The workshops also undertook repairs to locomotives, steam and hand cranes, and work for the Public Works Department.
Part of the workshops site ran alongside the passenger station at Newmarket (to the nothern side of Remuera and Middleton Roads), with another section of the workshops situated on Manukau Road between Remuera Road and Mahutu Street. A map of the Newmarket Workshops is included in AJHR D-2A 1925. The workshops were a major source of employment in the Newmarket area, with about 80 staff in 1892 [4] and close to 620 staff employed in 1925 [5].
The Newmarket Workshops Manager reported to the Locomotive Engineer, Auckland, who in turn reported to the Chief Mechanical Engineer at the Railways Department's Head Office in Wellington [6].
A Commission to inquire into and report as to matters affecting the New Zealand Government Railways reported to Parliament in 1925. As part of the report, the Railways Commission report reviewed the state of all the railway workshops including Newmarket. The Comission found that overall the Newmarket Workshops were congested and most accommodation in the various shops was inadequate. While some machinery had been updated, much was obsolete and modernisation was required. Nor was there was any room for expansion at the very congested site. Reorganisation and modernisation of all workshops around the country was recommended.
The Newmarket Workshops closed down in 1928 after new railway workshops were completed at Otahuhu, with some of the staff transferring to the new workshops.
[1]. AJHR 1879 E-1 p.1.
[2]. AJHR 1884 Session II, D-1, p.37.
[3]. Newmarket: lost and found, p.195.
[4] AJHR 1893 D-12A, p.1.
[5]. AJHR 1925 D-2A, p.37 & 45
[6] AJHR 1925 D-2A, p.29.
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Show History
A site for the Newmarket Railway Workshops was purchased in 1879 [1]. Preparatory work began on the site in 1880. Contracts for erecting buildings on the site were let and in 1883 and 1884, with this work completed in 1884. The first buildings included an engine-erecting shop, machine and fitting shop, smiths' shop, pattern shop, wood-working and machine shop, carriage shop, and iron and coal stores [2]. It appears the workshops were in operation in 1884 after the completion of the contracts, though this is not clear.
Further additions were made to the workshops in 1885, and frequently over the years as the workshops continued to expand. Additions in the early 1900s included a paint shop, a shed for fitting up Westinghouse brakes, a travelling crane and a permanent way store, a foundry (making iron and brass castings), engine house, engine pit, riveting tower and car and wagon shop. Passenger cars and freight wagons were built at the workshops, as well as repairs made to existing rolling stock [3]. The workshops also undertook repairs to locomotives, steam and hand cranes, and work for the Public Works Department.
Part of the workshops site ran alongside the passenger station at Newmarket (to the nothern side of Remuera and Middleton Roads), with another section of the workshops situated on Manukau Road between Remuera Road and Mahutu Street. A map of the Newmarket Workshops is included in AJHR D-2A 1925. The workshops were a major source of employment in the Newmarket area, with about 80 staff in 1892 [4] and close to 620 staff employed in 1925 [5].
The Newmarket Workshops Manager reported to the Locomotive Engineer, Auckland, who in turn reported to the Chief Mechanical Engineer at the Railways Department's Head Office in Wellington [6].
A Commission to inquire into and report as to matters affecting the New Zealand Government Railways reported to Parliament in 1925. As part of the report, the Railways Commission report reviewed the state of all the railway workshops including Newmarket. The Comission found that overall the Newmarket Workshops were congested and most accommodation in the various shops was inadequate. While some machinery had been updated, much was obsolete and modernisation was required. Nor was there was any room for expansion at the very congested site. Reorganisation and modernisation of all workshops around the country was recommended.
The Newmarket Workshops closed down in 1928 after new railway workshops were completed at Otahuhu, with some of the staff transferring to the new workshops.
[1]. AJHR 1879 E-1 p.1.
[2]. AJHR 1884 Session II, D-1, p.37.
[3]. Newmarket: lost and found, p.195.
[4] AJHR 1893 D-12A, p.1.
[5]. AJHR 1925 D-2A, p.37 & 45
[6] AJHR 1925 D-2A, p.29.
AJHR 1879-1886, 1893, 1925.
Holman, Dinah, 2001, Newmarket: lost and found.
- π’ New Zealand Railways, Otahuhu Workshops (1928 ‑ )
- π Railways (1895 ‑ 1996)
- π’ New Zealand Government Railways Department, Head Office (1884 ‑ 1928)
- π Dominion of New Zealand (1907 ‑ 1928)
- π Self-Governing Colony of New Zealand (1884 ‑ 1907)