Area Map
Object detail
Accession number
F850.2002
Description
A rolled canvas scroll with a circular wooden pin affixed across the top edge and a rectangular wooden pin along the base. The canvas rolls out and displays a list of 27 street names. Each listed name has a red A at the start, followed by a number At the end of each street list is the suburb name Pt Chev. The list has been constructed within a hand drawn graphite grid, ensuring precision in execution. The Street names listed are street of the Auckland suburb, Avondale, and is names as 'Circuit A'
Marks
Avondale - A Circuit Inscribed
A 1.2.1 CONNAUGHTS ST. & ARMAGH RD. PT CHEV/ A 53 NEW WINDSOR RD. & MAIORO ST. PT CHEV./ A 52 GT. NORTH RD. OUTSIDE ST. BRIDE'S CONVENT PT CHEV. / A 51 TOTARA AVE. & KAURI ST NEW LYNN. PT CHEV./ A 45 E.S.&A. ROBINSON ASTLEY AVE. NEW LYNN. PT CHEV./ A 44 CRUM BRICK NEW LYNN PT CHEV./ A 43 EDUCATION DEPT. STORE HOLLY ST. PT CHEV./ A 42 AMALGAMATED BRICK TOTARA AV. PT CHEV./ A 41 WORMALD BROS. PORTAGE RD. PT CHEV./ A 35 ST. GEORGES RD. & KELVINSIDE TCE. PT CHEV./ A 34 TELEPHONE EX. ST. JUDE ST. PT. CHEV./ A 33 ST. GEORGES RD. & GREAT NTH. RD. PT. CHEV./ A 32 ST GEORGES RD. & CHALMERS ST. PT CHEV./ A 31. ST. GEORGES RD. & WOLVERTON ST PT CHEV./ A 25 ASTLEYS TANNERY PORTAGE RD. PT. CHE./ A 24 TAYLOR ST. & MATATA ST. PT CHEV./ A 23 TAYLOR ST. & PUKETEA ST. PT CHEV/ A 22 TAYLOR ST. & BOLTON RD PT. CHEV./ A 21 BLOCKHOUSE BAY RD & DONOVAN ST. PT CHEV./ A 15 BLOCKHOUSE BAY RD. & GILFILLAN ST. PT CHEV./ A 14 BLOCKHOUSE BAY RD. opp MISSION HALL PT CHEV./ A 13 BLOCKHOUSE BAY RD. & MIRANDA ST. PT CHEV./ A 12 BLOCKHOUSE BAY RD. & WOLVERTON ST. PT CHEV./ A 5 BLOCKHOUSE BAY RD. & NEW WINDSOR RD. PT CHEV./ A 4 NEW WINDSOR RD. at first bend. PT CHEV./ A 2 METHUEN RD & BOLLARD AV. PT CHEV/ BACK UP/ AVONDALE A CIRCUIT Hand-written
A 1.2.1 CONNAUGHTS ST. & ARMAGH RD. PT CHEV/ A 53 NEW WINDSOR RD. & MAIORO ST. PT CHEV./ A 52 GT. NORTH RD. OUTSIDE ST. BRIDE'S CONVENT PT CHEV. / A 51 TOTARA AVE. & KAURI ST NEW LYNN. PT CHEV./ A 45 E.S.&A. ROBINSON ASTLEY AVE. NEW LYNN. PT CHEV./ A 44 CRUM BRICK NEW LYNN PT CHEV./ A 43 EDUCATION DEPT. STORE HOLLY ST. PT CHEV./ A 42 AMALGAMATED BRICK TOTARA AV. PT CHEV./ A 41 WORMALD BROS. PORTAGE RD. PT CHEV./ A 35 ST. GEORGES RD. & KELVINSIDE TCE. PT CHEV./ A 34 TELEPHONE EX. ST. JUDE ST. PT. CHEV./ A 33 ST. GEORGES RD. & GREAT NTH. RD. PT. CHEV./ A 32 ST GEORGES RD. & CHALMERS ST. PT CHEV./ A 31. ST. GEORGES RD. & WOLVERTON ST PT CHEV./ A 25 ASTLEYS TANNERY PORTAGE RD. PT. CHE./ A 24 TAYLOR ST. & MATATA ST. PT CHEV./ A 23 TAYLOR ST. & PUKETEA ST. PT CHEV/ A 22 TAYLOR ST. & BOLTON RD PT. CHEV./ A 21 BLOCKHOUSE BAY RD & DONOVAN ST. PT CHEV./ A 15 BLOCKHOUSE BAY RD. & GILFILLAN ST. PT CHEV./ A 14 BLOCKHOUSE BAY RD. opp MISSION HALL PT CHEV./ A 13 BLOCKHOUSE BAY RD. & MIRANDA ST. PT CHEV./ A 12 BLOCKHOUSE BAY RD. & WOLVERTON ST. PT CHEV./ A 5 BLOCKHOUSE BAY RD. & NEW WINDSOR RD. PT CHEV./ A 4 NEW WINDSOR RD. at first bend. PT CHEV./ A 2 METHUEN RD & BOLLARD AV. PT CHEV/ BACK UP/ AVONDALE A CIRCUIT Hand-written
Media/Materials
Collection
Credit Line
Area Map, F850.2002. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
Public comments
Kia ora Ric, thank you for sharing this valuable object information with us.
- MOTAT Curatorial Research posted 9 months ago.
This is one of the charts, or blinds, found in the watchroom of each fire station, the key to dispatching fire engines when someone had given an alarm of fire by breaking the glass and pressing the button at a street fire alarm. Each box was on a circuit, eg A and had a number, eg 2 so that when read-out of an incoming alarm showed A2 the watchroom attendant could quickly see on the chart that the street alarm box had been activated at the corner of Methuen and Bollard Avenue (see chart) and that's where fire engines were sent to. Auckland had street fire alarms for a century from the 1880s until 1979, replaced by a mix of telephoned alarms (the 111 emergency line) and automatic fire alarms in shops, offices and factories.
- Ric Carlyon posted 9 months ago.