The early years of the motor vehicle in Auckland : a history of the first forty years of the motor vehicle and motor industry
Maker and role
Barry Birchall, Author
Production date
2021
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PUB-2022-201
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Summary: "From the time the first cars arrived in Auckland in 1900 through to the outbreak of the Second World War, Auckland was transformed to accommodate cars, commercial vehicles and motorcycles, and horse-drawn traffic and stabling disappeared. It is richly illustrated with historical photographs, many not previously published. The book also covers the rules and regulations, taxes in response to motor vehicles along with improvements to roads, Auckland's petroleum industry, early motoring publications and the Auckland Automobile Association. A large part of the book is devoted to the people who worked in the motor industry in the first forty years, some early businesses continuing in name to the present"--Publishers description.
Contents: Part one: From horse and carriage to the motorcar -- Part two: The first commercial vehicles in Auckland -- Part three: Promoting the motorcar and motoring -- Part four: Stuck in the mud -- Clay roads to bitumen -- Part five: Rules, regulations and taxes -- Part six: The Patroleum industry in Auckland -- Part seven: Companies associated with the motor industry in Auckland: the first four decades -- Afterword: the end of an era.
Contents: Part one: From horse and carriage to the motorcar -- Part two: The first commercial vehicles in Auckland -- Part three: Promoting the motorcar and motoring -- Part four: Stuck in the mud -- Clay roads to bitumen -- Part five: Rules, regulations and taxes -- Part six: The Patroleum industry in Auckland -- Part seven: Companies associated with the motor industry in Auckland: the first four decades -- Afterword: the end of an era.
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Barry Birchall Signature
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Physical description
251 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780473579173
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Barry Birchall. 2021. The early years of the motor vehicle in Auckland : a history of the first forty years of the motor vehicle and motor industry, PUB-2022-201. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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