Story: Wellington region
Seen from Customhouse Quay, Plimmer’s Ark is demolished in 1885. By this time reclamation work had landlocked this vessel, which had been turned into a warehouse. On the site the Australasian insurer National Mutual built their New Zealand head office. The new building sat on the remains of the ark, and for the first year workers there were bothered by the stench of stagnant water rising from the barque’s bowels.
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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: 1/1-002704; F
Photograph by William Williams
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