Skip to main content

Kawakawa's street lamps



When I visited Kawakawa last Spring with my 2 adult children I noticed this street lamp sitting next to a mosaic brick wall near the end of town.  Apparently this one is a replica made by the Lions Club of the original 3 that use to sit along the main street in 1904. The acetylene gas was housed in the base and lit by the gas lighter. 

Linking up with  The Weekend Roundup and Weekend Reflections.

Labels:

Comments

Klara said…
how times change :-). imagining a person lighting those lamps.
15 May 2021 at 07:53
Sallie (FullTime-Life) said…
I think the tiny town where we grew up had street lights like that -- it sure looks familiar. (of course that was back practically to the dark ages.)
15 May 2021 at 08:13
gz said…
We enjoyed our visit to Kawakawa ...arrived by train then returned by bike to the Top 10!
Plenty to see and friendly local people.
15 May 2021 at 08:31
Megan Gutsell said…
My home town had replica street lights like these at our Botanical Gardens. Funnily enough it was fabricated by a New Zealand company, I wonder if it were the same one. I love that old world charm they have.
15 May 2021 at 14:07
Yogi♪♪♪ said…
It's a nice mosaic. As a chemical engineer I am intrigued by the acetyline street lamps. I did not know that that was a potential use.
15 May 2021 at 14:37
Tom said…
...the mosaic is eye catching.
15 May 2021 at 23:07
Iris Flavia said…
Nice mosaic and interesting fact about the beautiful street lamp.
15 May 2021 at 23:14
Billy Blue Eyes said…
Lighting gas lights was a long time ago, even I cannot remember them
16 May 2021 at 03:45
Bill said…
The street lamp is nice looking and so is the mosaic brick wall.
16 May 2021 at 05:55
Graham Edwards said…
I am old enough to remember when the gas lighter used to come round the streets every night and light the street lamps.
16 May 2021 at 21:41
Sharon said…
You don't see many gas lit street light any longer. I like that wall too.
17 May 2021 at 02:08
NatureFootstep said…
I like both lamps and the gorgeous brick wall :)
18 May 2021 at 19:23
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Auckland Metropolis Museum

In amongt the modern new highrise buildings in Auckland City is this smaller vintage building that is currently for sale (I'd buy it if I had the money).   My research found that:  "It was designed by English-born architect Charles Towle and erected in the early 1930s as the Church of Christ, Scientist, the building's Graeco-Roman facade has towering columns that frame its impressive entranceway, with three ornate timber doors decorated with leadlight inserts providing access to the expansive foyer. Arched ceilings dominate the former congregational high stud space beyond the foyer and numerous picturesque windows provide a light, airy feel and an ambience many office buildings lack. The building housed congregational and Sunday school services for 70 years until it was sold and converted into office space in 2003. A significant refurbishment was also carried out with care taken to ensure that the building's distinctive character remained intact. Special architectural ...
16 comments
Read more

Grace Brothers

  We have 2 new chickens, both black ladies. If any of you are familiar with British comedy tv shows you will recognize the names we have given them. This one is named Miss Brahms. And this one is named Mrs Slocombe. At the moment we have them in a temporary shelter next to the Special Patrol Group that we've had for the last 9 months just so they can get to know each other before we intigrate the black ones in with the brown ones. These ones give us a white coloured egg whereas the brown shavers give us brown coloured eggs. Linking up with  Tuesday Treasures ,  Happy Tuesdays  and   Wordless Wednesday .
15 comments
Read more

Vondel

  I nthe heart of Devonport in Auckland is this little block of businesses. In my younger days I worked in this suburb as a legal typist for lawyers and to see it now as it is, it's made many changes over the years. This building is surrounded by older style buildings in the main street with businesses such as shoe shops, clothing shops, professionals, cafes, bars, restaurants etc. It's a very upmarket suburb with quite expensive houses along the waterfront. Vondel in the above photo is a restaurant but upon looking up their website, there wasn't alot of information about who they are. Linking up with  Weekend Reflections   and the  Weekend Roundup .
7 comments
Read more