# New Zealand’S First Railway This Stone Marks the Site, a plaque of Ferrymead A plaque of the city, standing at First Railway Monument in Ferrymead, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > NEW ZEALAND’S FIRST RAILWAY THIS STONE MARKS THE SITE OF FERRYMEAD WHARF AND RAILWAY STATION. THE PROVINCIAL BROAD GAUGE RAILWAY STARTED HERE FOR CHRISTCHURCH IN THE YEAR 1863. Canterbury Pilgrims & Early Settlers Assoc. 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: First Railway Monument - The suburb: [Ferrymead](https://www.chch.live/ferrymead) - The year the register carries: 2009 - Rides on: rock - Status: in service The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20090714/00378/R0049703.jpg ## In the archive - [Documents naming New Zealand’S First Railway This Stone Marks the Site](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=New%20Zealand%E2%80%99S%20First%20Railway%20This%20Stone%20Marks%20the%20Site) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=New%20Zealand%E2%80%99S%20First%20Railway%20This%20Stone%20Marks%20the%20Site) - [Ferrymead](https://www.chch.live/ferrymead), 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 - [The liquefaction model grades it “Liquefaction Damage is Possible”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study - [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Raekura ki Matuku Takotako - [Inside a kept landscape, NCCE1.0 - Natural Character in the Coastal Environment](https://www.chch.live/landscape), the landscape schedule - [The plan zones this ground Transport](https://www.chch.live/zones), T - [The rockfall survey counts 26 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 19 came down - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.4](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 22 February 2011 · ~300 m from the pin · 588 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.56153&lon=172.70899&radius=250 ## Around it - [Ferrymead Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1036-ferrymead-reserve), the botanic park it’s inside - [Settlers Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1293-settlers-reserve), community park · ~150 m - [Walk and bike track through Ferrymead](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-140-ferrymead), track · ~200 m - [Walk and bike track through Woolston](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-535-woolston), track · ~350 m - [Walk and bike track through Mount Pleasant](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-169-mount-pleasant), track · ~450 m - [Christchurch / City Council / 1967 / H2o – S10 – T16](https://www.chch.live/plaque/95149-avon-and-heathcote-estuary), plaque · ~350 m - [Christchurch / City Council Your People Your City](https://www.chch.live/plaque/113578-ferrymead-park), plaque · ~350 m - [Ferrymead / Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/plaque/113579-ferrymead-park), plaque · ~400 m - [Donated by Friends and Family / in Memory of / Keith Murray](https://www.chch.live/plaque/95137-avon-and-heathcote-estuary), plaque · ~550 m ## The reports nearby 208 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9052485), [310 Bridle Path Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/ferrymead/310-bridle-path-road) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9039191), [279 Bridle Path Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/ferrymead/279-bridle-path-road) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9016810), [279 Bridle Path Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/ferrymead/279-bridle-path-road) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9013330), Ferrymead Reserve 285 Bridle Path Road, Ferrymead, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8998876), [279 Bridle Path Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/ferrymead/279-bridle-path-road) - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8941702), [289 Bridle Path Road, Ferrymead, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/ferrymead/289-bridle-path-road) - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8845604), [11 Ferrymead Terrace, Ferrymead, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/ferrymead/11-ferrymead-terrace) - [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8833519), [298 Bridle Path Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/ferrymead/298-bridle-path-road) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8811411), [10 Cannon Hill Crescent, Mount Pleasant, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/ferrymead/10-cannon-hill-crescent) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8741221), [11 Ferrymead Tce, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/ferrymead/11-ferrymead-terrace) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8652927), Ferrymead Reserve 285 Bridle Path Road, Ferrymead, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8618974), [11 Cannon Hill Crescent, Mount Pleasant, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/ferrymead/11-cannon-hill-crescent) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at First Railway Monument in [Ferrymead](https://www.chch.live/ferrymead), 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 rock. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record. **Is the plaque still standing?** The register marks it in service, commissioned 2009. The books' word, though, a plaque may have weathered since the survey, and the pin is the record’s position. --- 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/55674-first-railway-monument