# The First Public Water Supply Well Was Drilled Near This, a plaque of Christchurch Central

A plaque of the city, standing at High Street Triangles in Christchurch Central, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate.

## The words it carries

> THE FIRST PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY WELL was drilled near this site on 10 February 1864 by the Christchurch City Council...

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: [High Street Triangles](https://www.chch.live/park/1903-high-street-triangles), the park it stands on
- The suburb: [Christchurch Central](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city)
- The year the register carries: 2009
- Status: in service

The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20090901/00377/R0068743.jpg

## In the archive

- [Documents naming The First Public Water Supply Well Was Drilled Near This](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=The%20First%20Public%20Water%20Supply%20Well%20Was%20Drilled%20Near%20This)
- [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=The%20First%20Public%20Water%20Supply%20Well%20Was%20Drilled%20Near%20This)
- [High Street Triangles](https://www.chch.live/park/1903-high-street-triangles), the ground’s own page
- [Christchurch Central](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city), 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

- [On the plan’s flood map](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard), Bells Creek, the managed reach
- [The liquefaction model grades it “Medium Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study
- [Inside a listed place’s setting](https://www.chch.live/heritage), Triangle Reserve and Setting
- [A plan matter touches it, Heritage Item](https://www.chch.live/matters), Heritage
- [A plan matter touches it, Heritage Setting](https://www.chch.live/matters), Heritage
- [The plan zones this ground Open Space Community Parks](https://www.chch.live/zones), OCP
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.8](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 26 December 2010 · ~250 m from the pin · 224 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.53514&lon=172.64074&radius=250

## Around it

- [Excelsior Hotel Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1528-excelsior-hotel-reserve), botanic park · under 150 m
- [Wilson Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1557-wilson-park), community park · ~200 m
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-465-christchurch-central-city), track · under 150 m
- [Walk and bike track through Woolston](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-535-woolston), track · ~200 m
- [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-442-sydenham), track · ~550 m
- [‘corgis on High’ — Christchurch City Public Artwork](https://www.chch.live/plaque/63245-corgies), plaque · under 150 m
- [Te Kiheru Wai o Tahu / the Canoe Bailer of Tahu / 2015](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310887-bailer), plaque · ~300 m
- [In Memory of / Jaime Robert McDowell Gilbert](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310859-ground), plaque · ~550 m
- [Afac](https://www.chch.live/plaque/110762-latimer-square), plaque · ~600 m


## The reports nearby
5,883 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/9083730), [270 Saint Asaph Street, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/270-saint-asaph-street)
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/9083611), [68 Manchester Street, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/68-manchester-street)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9082715), Rauora Park 214 Manchester Street, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9082705), Rauora Park 214 Manchester Street, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9082694), [208 Cashel Street, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/208-cashel-street)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9082690), [19 Bedford Row, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/19-bedford-row)
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9082060), Rauora Park 214 Manchester Street, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand
- [Pest / Vermin](https://www.chch.live/report/9079304), [73 Manchester Street, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/73-manchester-street)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9076699), [270 Saint Asaph Street, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/270-saint-asaph-street)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9076686), [279 Saint Asaph Street, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/279-saint-asaph-street)
- [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/9075453), [213b Tuam Street, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/213b-tuam-street)
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/9070296), Canterbury, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is this?**

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at High Street Triangles in [Christchurch Central](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city), 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.

**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.


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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/63253-high-street-triangles