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Cable car to Highgate

Cable car to Highgate

Dunedin schoolboys ride a cable car from the city, probably around 1940. Cable cars and trams opened up the hillsides above the city for housing, and remained a feature of the city until the 1950s.

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Hocken Library, University of Otago
Reference: S05-249a

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Malcolm McKinnon. 'Otago places', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 21-Sep-11
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/otago-places/7/5