Former magnetic survey building

1 August 1970

Exterior of the former magnetic survey building in the Botanic Gardens.

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Area: West / Hagley Park

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Tripods in front of the Absolutely House, Magnetory Observatory

1902

The one on the left is an absolute magnetometer and the smaller instrument on the right is the dip circle. The buildings were constructed with copper nails and brass screws, locks and hinges to be free from foreign magnetic influence

Area: West / Hagley Park

Source: Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives of New Zealand, 1902, C1, p. 88

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Canterbury College observatory building

About 1895

Canterbury College observatory building on Hereford Street.

Area: Central City / Central Christchurch - West

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A chalet-styled building of the Magnetory Observatory

1902

The Magnetory Observatory is sited in the Botanic Gardens, built in 1901. Previously there had been only three such observatories in the Southern Hemisphere

Area: West / Hagley Park

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The Botany and Physics buildings and the Observatory

Circa 1919

Canterbury College, University of New Zealand was located in Worcester Street. The Physics building was built in 1917, the Botany extension in 1918, both designed by Collins & Harman. Shown on the right is the Observatory designed by Benjamin Woolfield Mountfort and completed in 1896.

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University observatory

25 September 1965

View of the observatory at the University of Canterbury on Hereford Street.

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Area: Central City / Central Christchurch - West

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