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From small beginnings, the business had grown to cover all sorts of engineering. Machinery was produced that would process the region's products. The company expanded after Anderson's retirement and became a major player in the production of railway hardware, road and rail bridges. A Lyttelton works
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in 1850. He was a blacksmith and in February 1852, he purchased section 877 for £12 in Cashel Street. This is the site where what would become the Guthrey Centre was to be built. He later purchased land on the north side of Cashel Street to build his family home, which he named
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The business expanded and by 1857, Anderson had added a foundry to his blacksmith shop. The production facilities were at the back of the site towards Lichfield Street. In 1866, with his new gained wealth, he could send his sons John and Andrew to
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The Guthrey Centre was listed as a Category I heritage building by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust on 5 September 1985. It received an award from the New Zealand Institute of Architecture four years later.
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in Edinburgh. Upon their respective returns to New Zealand in 1873 and 1876, they worked in their father's business. In 1881, Anderson retired from the company, passing management on to John and Andrew.
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The Anderson's office building was constructed around 1881. It was to hold the offices for the production facilities, and offered shops facing Cashel Street.
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Anderson's Foundry, which was behind the office building, in ca 1900. John Anderson and his foreman A. Kirk are in the photo
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was opened in 1887 to build and maintain vessels. The firm built gold dredges and the steel lighthouse for
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The building was demolished following severe damage from the February
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Venetian Renaissance
Christchurch Central City
Coordinates
43°32′00″S 172°38′07″E / 43.5333°S 172.6354°E / -43.5333; 172.6354
John Anderson
William Armson
Heritage New Zealand – Category 1
"Guthrey Centre"
Heritage New Zealand
Christchurch Central City
New Zealand Historic Places Trust
2011 Christchurch earthquake

John Anderson
Sir George Seymour
place of birth
Edinburgh
Merchiston Castle School
mechanical engineer
civil engineer
Farewell Spit
2011 Christchurch earthquake
Ron Guthrey
William Armson
Venetian Renaissance architecture



"Anderson, John – Biography"

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