Taiaroa Head

 Historic Photos

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Description: Taiaroa Head, 1885. Note the earthworks for the Saddle Battery are well advanced

Reference: Pilot Station, Otago Head, 1880s, Dunedin, by Burton Brothers studio. Te Papa (C.011725)

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Description: Taiaroa Head, 1880s. Work appears now complete on the visible batteries

Reference: Port Chalmers Museum

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Description: Saddle Battery, 1880s

Reference: Port Chalmers Museum

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Description: Taiaroa Head, 1908

Reference: Hocken Library, https://hocken.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/7547

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Description: 6 inch gun being installed next to old disappearing gunpit, 1944

Reference: Archives NZ, CH540, 3.7

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Description: 6 inch gun following installation next to old disappearing gunpit, 1944

Reference: Archives NZ, CH540, 3.7

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Description: Camp built at Pilot Beach, 1944

Reference: Archives NZ, CH540, 3.7

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Description: Saddle Battery, June 1978

Reference: Archives NZ, Historic Publicity Caption: An old gun emplacement at the tip of the Otago Peninsula Photographer: R. Anderson, June 1978 (AAQT 6539 B15849 (R24820173))

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Description: Saddle Battery, June 1978

Reference: Archives NZ, Historic Publicity Caption: An old gun emplacement at the tip of the Otago Peninsula Photographer: R. Anderson, June 1978 (AAQT 6539 B15850 (R24820174))

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