# This Bollard… the Steam Wharf…, a plaque of Woolston

A plaque of the city, standing at Heathcote Quay Monuments in Woolston, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate.

## The words it carries

> THIS BOLLARD… THE STEAM WHARF…

The surveyor’s transcription, casing, spelling and typos as read off the plaque. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record.

- The ground: Heathcote Quay Monuments
- The suburb: [Woolston](https://www.chch.live/woolston)
- The year the register carries: 2003
- Status: in service

The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20090708/00378/R0049153.jpg

## The ground’s other names

- [Limestone Landed Here Was … for Use by Tanneries and Brick…](https://www.chch.live/plaque/58249-heathcote-quay-monuments), “Limestone landed here was … for use by tanneries and brick…”

## In the archive

- [Documents naming This Bollard… the Steam Wharf…](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=This%20Bollard%E2%80%A6%20the%20Steam%20Wharf%E2%80%A6)
- [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=This%20Bollard%E2%80%A6%20the%20Steam%20Wharf%E2%80%A6)
- [Woolston](https://www.chch.live/woolston), the suburb it stands in

A name read off an inscription is a lead, not a verified identity, the search is where verification starts.

## The ground under it

- [Inside a modelled tsunami reach](https://www.chch.live/tsunami), ECAN Report R12/38 2012
- [On the plan’s flood map](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard), Heathcote River, the managed reach
- [Inside a recorded flood footprint](https://www.chch.live/floods), 2011-2014 Flooding - Mayoral Flood Taskforce
- [The liquefaction model grades it “High Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study
- [The plan zones this ground Open Space Community Parks](https://www.chch.live/zones), OCP
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.7](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 23 February 2011 · ~150 m from the pin · 545 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.55429&lon=172.69184&radius=250

## Around it

- [Roundabout Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1777-roundabout-reserve), the community park it’s inside
- [Tunnel Road Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1439-tunnel-road-reserve), community park · under 150 m
- [Walk and bike track through Ferrymead](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-140-ferrymead), track · under 150 m
- [Walk and bike track through Woolston](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-535-woolston), track · under 150 m
- [Native Trees Please Planting](https://www.chch.live/plaque/85992-charlesworth-reserve), plaque · ~450 m
- [Donated by Friends and Family / in Memory of / Keith Murray](https://www.chch.live/plaque/95137-avon-and-heathcote-estuary), plaque · 1.2 km
- [Christchurch / City Council / 1967 / H2o – S10 – T16](https://www.chch.live/plaque/95149-avon-and-heathcote-estuary), plaque · 1.4 km
- [Christchurch Quay Est](https://www.chch.live/plaque/53354-christchurch-quay-reserve), plaque · 1.4 km


## The reports nearby
535 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9092680), [760R Ferry Road, Woolston, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/woolston/760r-ferry-road)
- [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/9092658), Ferry Rd near Alport Pl, Woolston, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand
- [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/9075083), Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9032720), [841E Ferry Road, Woolston, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/woolston/841e-ferry-road)
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/9023153), [21 Dyers Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/woolston/21-dyers-road)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9014862), Ferry Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8977328), [19 Maurice Hayes Pl, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/woolston/19-maurice-hayes-place)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8976554), [19 Maurice Hayes Place, Woolston, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/woolston/19-maurice-hayes-place)
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8960275), [875 Ferry Road, Woolston, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/woolston/875-ferry-road)
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8960233), [899 Ferry Road, Woolston, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/woolston/899-ferry-road)
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8920117), [6 Steam Wharf Ln, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/woolston/6-steam-wharf-lane)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8911023), [875 Ferry Road, Woolston, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/woolston/875-ferry-road)

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is this?**

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Heathcote Quay Monuments in [Woolston](https://www.chch.live/woolston), one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate.

**What does it say?**

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.

**Are there others at Heathcote Quay Monuments?**

2 plaques on the register share this ground, the others are linked above.

**Is the plaque still standing?**

The register marks it in service, commissioned 2003. The books' word, though, a plaque may have weathered since the survey, and the pin is the record’s position.


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Christchurch City Council 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. The pin is the record’s position.
The roll: https://www.chch.live/plaques · the record as data: https://www.chch.live/plaques.json · this plaque’s page: https://www.chch.live/plaque/55396-heathcote-quay-monuments
