Christchurch Railway Station
Curved-roof glass rail terminal beside a pioneering 1883 concrete water tower, home of scenic trains.
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This guide to Christchurch Railway Station in Addington turns on the concrete water tower beside it, built in eighteen eighty-three by railway engineer Peter Ellis on ground that should never have held it. You'll hear about the vast railway workshops it once served, the two thousand workers and their brass bands, and the architects who set a glass station at its feet in nineteen ninety-three. Stand on the platform where you can see both the roof and the tower.
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