This Anchor Was Recovered Near the Wainui Wharf in 1980
A plaque at Wainui Wharf Anchor, standing in Wainui. The words below are the register’s own transcription, the casing, the spelling, the typos.
THIS ANCHOR WAS RECOVERED NEAR THE WAINUI WHARF IN 1980 BY LOCAL RESIDENTS DAVID AND RICHARD EVANS ACCORDING TO THE LATE KELLY TARLTON IT WAS HAND FORGED AND DATED PRIOR TO 1840
The register’s own frame
The council’s image, opened at its own host, the frame is the record’s, the reading is yours.
Where it stands
The record’s own pin; the strong outline is the suburb around it, the rest are its neighbours.
In the archive
A name read off an inscription is a lead, not a verified identity, the search is where verification starts.
The ground under it
The plans and surveys kept here, asked once of the pin. The whole stack answers live: what stood on this ground →
Around it
The reports nearby
46 council reports pinned within 250 m of the point, most often Water & drains and Trees & parks, 36 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
Pothole
Overgrown Vegetation
Water Pollution - Sediment
Water General
General Request
Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art
Poles and Signage - General
Abandoned Vehicle
Abandoned Vehicle
Water Leak
Water Leak
Street Gutters / Storm WaterQuestions, answered briefly
A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Wainui Wharf Anchor in Wainui, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate.
The words above, verbatim, the surveyor’s transcription, casing, spelling and typos as they were read off the plaque. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record.
The register marks it in service, commissioned 2008. The books' word, though, a plaque may have weathered since the survey, and the pin is the record’s position.
The record behind this
Christchurch City Council’s open data, the Furniture service’s Plaque layer. The inscription is the surveyor’s transcription; "In Service" is the books, not a promise the plaque still reads clean today. The pin is the record’s position on the layer.
This page as markdown: /plaque/2872-wainui-wharf-anchor.md · the roll: /plaques · the record as data: /plaques.json · on the big map: /map?layer=plaques · the monuments the crowd mapped: /memorial · what stood on this ground before: /before.