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Original cable car

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Original cable car

The cable car passes over the Salamanca Road bridge soon after its completion in 1902.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

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Chris Maclean, Wellington places – Western suburbs, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/13431/original-cable-car (accessed 18 June 2026).

Story by Chris Maclean, published 3 March 2009, updated 1 March 2016.