Pipiriki House Food Coolstore, May 2004. |
Hatrick's slipway around 1905. |
Buildings |
Pipiriki House Year Built: Bought in 1901, extended in 1902, second built in 1909. Type: Hotel. Use: A stop over for long up-river trips and as a holiday destination. Fate: On March 10th 1909 the first Pipiriki House burnt to the ground, the following day Hatrick had arranged plans for a new hotel and also organised for PS Manuwai be fitted with sides and be converted to a houseboat. When this was completed she was taken up to Pipiriki and moored on the lower wharf. The new house was completed in 1910 and the Manuwai returned to her normal job. The second Hotel burnt down in 1959 and was never replaced. In the 1990's Pipiriki locals started to build a modern relacement on the site of the previous Pipiriki Houses, but this was never finished and still stands largely complete. |
Hatrick's Wharf-side Quarters Year Built: 1894 Type: Wharfside cargo office and accomodation quarters. Use: Cargo office and overnight accommodation for crewmen. Fate: In the 1960's the building was taken over by the Navy who turned into 'TS Calliope', which is where they train sea cadets. The building is still used for this today. |
Hatrick's Foundry Year Built: Around 1896 Type: Maintenance workshop. Use: For assembling and maintaining the riverboats. Fate: In the 1960's the site was abandoned and became overgrown with trees, the area was later cleared by the local council after a fire. |
A. Hatrick & Co.'s Main Offices Year Built: Not Known Type: Office Block Use: Head Quarters for A. Hatrick & Co. Fate: In the mid 1980's it was demolished to become part of the new Trafalgar Square shopping mall's car park. |
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A. Hatrick & Co's offices, 1910s. |
The Wharf-side quarters in 1940. |
The first Pipiriki House built 1902. |
The second Pipiriki House built 1909. |
T.S. Calliope, Sea Cadets, 2001. |
Hatrick's slipway with Waireka 1908. |
Original Pipiriki House gates, 2004. |
