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Belmont, Wellington

Populated places on Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt RiverSuburbs of Lower HuttUse New Zealand English from June 2021
Bridge and waterfall, Belmont, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, 10 August 2006
Bridge and waterfall, Belmont, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, 10 August 2006

Belmont, a suburb of Lower Hutt, to the north of Wellington in the North Island of New Zealand, lies on the west bank of the Hutt River, on State Highway 2 (SH 2), the Wellington-Hutt main road, and across the river from the centre of Lower Hutt. It borders the Belmont Regional Park and features much native bush and scenic views. The Belmont Picnic Grounds were a popular venue for outings in the early 1900s. They were operated originally by Mr Kilminster (ca. 1911–1914), then by Mr C. E. Clarke (ca. 1914–1919) and finally by Mrs Eliza Presants, wife of Philip Robert Presants, ca. 1920–1932.The Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences has a kiosk substation in the area. The site has rocky or very stiff soil.Belmont Railway Station, New Zealand closed in 1954.

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Belmont, Wellington
Redvers Drive, Lower Hutt Belmont

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N -41.190833333333 ° E 174.91972222222 °
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Redvers Drive 3
5040 Lower Hutt, Belmont
Wellington, New Zealand
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Bridge and waterfall, Belmont, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, 10 August 2006
Bridge and waterfall, Belmont, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, 10 August 2006
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Lower Hutt Central Fire Station
Lower Hutt Central Fire Station

Lower Hutt Central Fire Station is a former fire station in Lower Hutt, New Zealand. When it was built in 1955 it was considered to be one of the most modern fire stations in the southern hemisphere.The fire station is strongly influenced by the work of architect Frank Lloyd Wright. It was designed to represent a post war, modern city, with expanding industry and state housing projects.The building along with the Lower Hutt town hall, civic administration building and war memorial library saw the city become a symbol of post-war modernist construction during the 1950s.When the station first opened it included such features as a control room where the fire engines could be started and stopped remotely, and the appliance doors could open automatically. It was the first fire station in New Zealand to have the technology to record calls.In the mid-2000s, the New Zealand Fire Service reviewed its coverage of Lower Hutt. On 15 January 2007, the station closed along with fire stations at Petone and Point Howard, with crews and engines split between three new stations at Alicetown, Avalon and Seaview. These three career stations are backed up by volunteer brigades at Stokes Valley, Wainuiomata and Eastbourne. Since then, the building has been unoccupied and suffered from vandalism. In 2010 the station was officially protected from demolition by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust (since renamed to Heritage New Zealand).The station was purchased by property developer Mike Friday in November 2015, who is planning to renovate the station into apartments.