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{{Infobox New Zealand suburb
| name = Viaduct Harbour
| image = Viaduct Basin Auckland 01.jpg
| caption1 = Lighter Basin area, at the western edge of the Viaduct Harbour
| city1 = [[Auckland]]
| ward = [[Waitematā and Gulf ward]]
| council = [[Auckland Council]]
| board = [[Waitematā Local Board]]
| established = 1990s (redeveloped as a residential / entertainment area)
| coordinates = {{coord|-36.843534|174.760015|type:landmark_region:NZ|display=it}}
| area = 60
| areasource = <ref name="Area"/>
| population = {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Wynyard-Viaduct|y}}
| popdate = {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|||y}}
| popsource = {{NZ population data 2023 SA2||||y}}
| trainstations =
| ferryterminals =
| airports =
| hospitals =
| map = {{infobox mapframe|zoom=14}}
| caption2 =
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{{Adjacent place
| centre = Viaduct Harbour
| north = ([[Waitematā Harbour]])
| northeast = ([[Waitematā Harbour]])
| east = [[Auckland CBD]]
| southeast = [[Auckland CBD]]
| south = [[Freemans Bay]]
| southwest = [[Saint Marys Bay, New Zealand|Saint Marys Bay]]
| west = [[Wynyard Quarter]]
| northwest = ([[Waitematā Harbour]])
}}
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'''Viaduct Harbour''', formerly known as '''Viaduct Basin''', is a former commercial harbour on the [[Auckland waterfront]] that has been turned into a development of mostly upscale apartments,<ref name="HERALDSEA">{{cite news |url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=836874 |title=It's 'sea and be seen' for Viaduct Harbour's residents |date=26 January 2002 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=26 November 2011}}</ref> office space and restaurants. It is located on the site of a formerly run-down area of the [[Freemans Bay]] / [[Auckland CBD]] waterfront in Auckland, New Zealand. As a centre of activity of the 2000 [[America's Cup]] hosted by the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, as well as the 2022 [[Rally New Zealand]], the precinct enjoyed considerable popularity with locals and foreign visitors.

==Demographics==
The statistical area of Wynyard-Viaduct, which also includes [[Wynyard Quarter]], covers {{Convert|0.60|km2||abbr=on}}<ref name="Area">{{Cite web|title=Stats NZ Geographic Data Service|url=https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/data/|at=Statistical Area 2 2023 (generalised)|access-date=6 January 2025}}</ref> and had an estimated population of {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Wynyard-Viaduct|y}} as of {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|||y|y||,}} with a population density of {{Decimals|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Wynyard-Viaduct|y}}|R}}/0.60|0}} people per km<sup>2</sup>.

{{Historical populations|2006|699|2013|975|2018|1,008|2023|1,242|percentages=pagr|align=left|source=<ref name="Census 2018">{{NZ census 2018|Wynyard-Viaduct (131300)|wynyard-viaduct|Wynyard-Viaduct}}</ref><ref name="Census 2023"/>}}
Wynyard-Viaduct had a population of 1,242 in the [[2023 New Zealand census]], an increase of 234 people (23.2%) since the [[2018 New Zealand census|2018 census]], and an increase of 267 people (27.4%) since the [[2013 New Zealand census|2013 census]]. There were 624 males and 618 females in 843 dwellings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://explore.data.stats.govt.nz/vis?fs[0]=2023%20Census%2C0%7CTotals%20by%20topic%23CAT_TOTALS_BY_TOPIC%23&pg=0&fc=Variable%20codes&bp=true&snb=9&df[ds]=ds-nsiws-disseminate&df[id]=CEN23_TBT_005&df[ag]=STATSNZ&df[vs]=1.0&dq=doTotal%2Bdo1.131300.2023&ly[rw]=CEN23_TBT_DWD_003|publisher=Stats NZ – Tatauranga Aotearoa – Aotearoa Data Explorer|access-date=3 October 2024|title=Totals by topic for dwellings, (RC, TALB, UR, SA3, SA2, Ward, Health), 2013, 2018, and 2023 Censuses}}</ref> 6.0% of people identified as [[LGBTQ|LGBTIQ+]]. The median age was 48.1 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 36 people (2.9%) aged under 15 years, 240 (19.3%) aged 15 to 29, 708 (57.0%) aged 30 to 64, and 258 (20.8%) aged 65 or older.<ref name="Census 2023"/>

People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 73.2% [[European New Zealanders|European]] ([[Pākehā]]); 6.3% [[Māori people|Māori]]; 2.4% [[Pasifika New Zealanders|Pasifika]]; 21.3% [[Asian New Zealanders|Asian]]; 4.1% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 2.2% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 98.3%, Māori language by 1.9%, Samoan by 0.5%, and other languages by 27.8%. No language could be spoken by 0.5% (e.g. too young to talk). The percentage of people born overseas was 48.8, compared with 28.8% nationally.

Religious affiliations were 26.8% [[Christianity in New Zealand|Christian]], 2.9% [[Hinduism in New Zealand|Hindu]], 0.7% [[Islam in New Zealand|Islam]], 0.2% [[Māori religious beliefs]], 2.4% [[Buddhism in New Zealand|Buddhist]], 0.2% [[New Age]], 0.5% [[Judaism in New Zealand|Jewish]], and 1.4% other religions. People who answered that they had [[Irreligion in New Zealand|no religion]] were 59.2%, and 5.3% of people did not answer the census question.

Of those at least 15 years old, 651 (54.0%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 363 (30.1%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 195 (16.2%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $79,100, compared with $41,500 nationally. 471 people (39.1%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 756 (62.7%) people were employed full-time, 123 (10.2%) were part-time, and 30 (2.5%) were unemployed.<ref name="Census 2023">{{Cite web|url=https://explore.data.stats.govt.nz/vis?fs[0]=2023%20Census%2C0%7CTotals%20by%20topic%23CAT_TOTALS_BY_TOPIC%23&pg=0&fc=Variable%20codes&bp=true&snb=9&df[ds]=ds-nsiws-disseminate&df[id]=CEN23_TBT_008&df[ag]=STATSNZ&df[vs]=1.0&dq=hq011%2Bhq010%2Bhq009%2Bhq008%2Bhq007%2Bhq006%2Bhq005%2Bhq004%2Bhq003%2Bhq002%2Bhq001%2Bhq000%2Bws1%2Bsp99%2Bra80%2Bra08%2Bra07%2Bra06%2Bra05%2Bra01%2Bra04%2Bra03%2Bra02%2Bra00%2Brb1%2Bls66%2Bls03%2Bls02%2Bls05%2Bls04%2Bls01%2Beg6%2Beg5%2Beg4%2Beg3%2Beg2%2Beg1%2BbiTotal%2Bbi0%2Bbi1%2BasTotalLG%2Bas4%2Bas3%2Bas2%2Bas1%2Bws4%2Bws3%2Bws2%2Bge3%2Bge2%2Bge1%2Brc%2BasMed%2BegTotal%2BlsTotal%2BgeTotal%2BrbTotal%2BraTotal%2BhqTotal%2BibTotal%2Bibmed%2BwsTotal.131300.2013%2B2018%2B2023&to[TIME]=false&ly[rw]=CEN23_TBT_IND_003&ly[cl]=CEN23_YEAR_001|publisher=Stats NZ – Tatauranga Aotearoa – Aotearoa Data Explorer|access-date=3 October 2024|title=Totals by topic for individuals, (RC, TALB, UR, SA3, SA2, Ward, Health), 2013, 2018, and 2023 Censuses|at=Wynyard-Viaduct (131300)}}</ref>

==History==
===Original purpose===
[[File:Auckland City panorama, looking west from Ferry buildings, towards Viaduct Basin (AM PH-NEG-C16578) (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|The Viaduct Basin in 1924]]

Designed along the line of the basins common in [[London]],<ref name="HERALDSEA"/> the Viaduct Basin was so-called because of a failed scheme by the [[Auckland Harbour Board]] in the early years of the 20th century. As the size of ships was increasing dramatically, rather than build new [[wharf|wharves]] or [[dredging|dredge]] the harbour channels, it was proposed that cargo ships moor out in the Waitematā Harbour channel and be unloaded into "lighters", small barges that would then ferry the goods to shore via the specially built wharves in the new "Viaduct Lighter Basin". The shipping companies refused to co-operate and forced the Harbour Board to engage in dredging and the construction of new wharves.

This left the partially completed lighter basin without a real purpose, so it was used to berth the various fishing boats and thus tidy up the appearance of the [[Auckland waterfront]] further east. Next to the Lighter Basin a fish market and various warehouses were constructed, including Turners & Growers Ltd, the city's main produce wholesalers. The far side of the area was connected by a mechanical bridge that was able to be raised to allow passage into the basin to the fishing vessels which used it.

For most of the 20th century, the harbour acted as the centre for much of the fishing industry in Auckland.<ref name="ThenAndNow">{{citeq|Q116870435|page=42-43}}</ref>

==== Shipyards ====
Timber mills had occupied the edges of [[Freeman's Bay]] prior to the construction of the Lighter Basin and [[Victoria Park, Auckland|Victoria Park]]; these continued to be a feature of the area for most of the 20th century along with other industries such as foundries, many of which were associated with ship building in one way or another.

Boat building in Freeman's Bay was started in 1864 by Donald McInnis,<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 April 1864 |title=Ship nd boat building. Daily Southern Cross |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DSC18640401.2.19 |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> who built a [[schooner]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 June 1865 |title=Supreme court. Daily Southern Cross |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DSC18650615.2.18 |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> Other yards, added along much of the waterfront, included -

* '''Charles Bailey''' started off a series of firms. He was an apprentice of [[Henry Niccol]] and took over George Beddoes' [[Devonport, New Zealand|Devonport]] yard in 1870. He moved to a larger yard on [[Customs Street|Customs Street West]], where he built ''PS'' ''Britannia'' for Devonport Steam Ferry in 1885.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 July 1887 |title=Auckland shipbuilding trade. New Zealand Herald |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18870704.2.27 |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> '''William George Lowe''' was an apprentice with Charles Bailey and later joined Lane & Brown at Totara North. When Charles (junior) and Walter Bailey started at Freeman's Bay as '''C & W Bailey''', W G Lowe returned to join them. That firm was dissolved in 1900, when W G Lowe started on his own, but was soon joined by Walter Bailey to form '''Bailey & Lowe''',<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=14 June 1935 |title=Sudden death. Auckland Star |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19350614.2.11 |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> which had a yard on Customs Street West in 1903,<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 October 1903 |title=Launch of a motor yacht. Auckland Star |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19031005.2.30 |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> until Walter Bailey died in 1927.<ref name=":2" /> In 1904 Charles Bailey's yard was opposite Gleeson's Hotel,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Customs Street West and Freemans Bay, 1904 |url=https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/96852 |access-date=2024-03-28 |website=kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz |language=en}}</ref> which was on the corner of [[Hobson Street, Auckland|Hobson Street]] and Fanshawe Street.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1905 |title=The scow Lena under construction, Freemans Bay |url=https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/158598 |access-date=2024-03-28 |website=kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz |language=en}}</ref> '''Charles Bailey & Son''' had a yard at Beaumont Street, Freeman's Bay,<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 May 1927 |title=Shipyard explosion. Auckland Star |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19270531.2.128 |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> which caught fire in 1907,<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 February 1907 |title=Auckland Star |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19070218.2.76 |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> where Ernest Charles Bailey died in 1943<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 December 1943 |title=Fatal injuries. Auckland Star |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19431208.2.85 |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> and several Devonport Steam Ferry ships were built.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 December 1913 |title=New ferry steamer. New Zealand Herald |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19131216.2.25 |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> '''W G Lowe & Son''' then took on the Beaumont yard from 1927,<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 September 1928 |title=New Zealand Herald |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19280920.2.173.1 |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> though W G Lowe died on 14 June 1935.<ref name=":2" /> They built 5 boats in 1937<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 February 1937 |title=Busy shipyard. Auckland Star |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19370202.2.40 |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> and were still at Freeman's Bay in 1942.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 September 1942 |title=Rescue boats. New Zealand Herald |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19420904.2.48 |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> As part of a programme for the [[World War II|war]] effort,<ref>{{Cite web |date=1965 |title=The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–1945 - Shipbuilding and Repair |url=https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Econ-c7-39.html |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=nzetc.victoria.ac.nz}}</ref> the [[Minesweepers of the Royal New Zealand Navy|minesweepers]] [[HMNZS Hinau (T17)|''Hinau'']], [[HMNZS Manuka|''Manuka'']], [[HMNZS Rimu|''Rimu'']] and [[HMNZS Tawhai|''Tawhai'']] were built at the [[New Zealand Marine Department|Marine Department]]'s Beaumont Street yard, initially in timber, before taking over another yard in 1943 for steel ships,<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 October 1943 |title=The Waikato. Auckland Star |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19431016.2.80 |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> the first being ''[[SS Taiaroa (1943)|Waikato]]'', with a boiler by [[Hutt Workshops|Hutt railway works]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 September 1945 |title=Minesweepers for sale. New Zealand Herald |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19450920.2.34 |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> woodwork by W G Lowe and steel hulls by '''Mason Brothers''',<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 October 1943 |title=Steel minesweeper. New Zealand Herald |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19431015.2.12 |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> who had a yard in Beaumont Street<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 November 1927 |title=Labourer injured. Auckland Star |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19271130.2.122 |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> from 1927, after moving from [[Port Chalmers]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.masons.co.nz/about-us |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=www.masons.co.nz}}</ref> ''Rimu'' was laid out by Charles Bailey and built by '''Senior Foundry''',<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 September 1941 |title=Rimu launched. Auckland Star |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19410909.2.55 |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> which had been near Albert Street in 1913,<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 February 1913 |title=New Zealand Herald |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19130218.2.3.7 |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> was bought by Northern Steamship in 1927<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 November 1927 |title=Foundry shares sale. New Zealand Herald |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19271102.2.135 |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> and was in Beaumont Street in 1941. About 1971 it became part of [[Downer Group#History|Cable Price Downer]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Senior Foundry Ltd |url=https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22511624 |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> which in 1987 was associated with [[Ron Brierley|Brierley Investments]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 March 1987 |title=Press |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19870317.2.159.6 |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> '''[[Allan Seagar#Personal life and death|Seagar Brothers]]''' were on Albert Street in 1892<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 July 1892 |title=New Zealand Herald |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18920702.2.20 |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> and later worked on the machinery and steelwork of ''Hinau'' at the Beaumont yard.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 August 1941 |title=Naval launching. New Zealand Herald |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19410828.2.138 |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref>
* '''John Bigelow''' was working at John McLeod's yard in Onehunga in 1863.<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 November 1863 |title=Daily Southern Cross |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DSC18631117.2.2.2 |access-date=2024-03-28 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> Keane and Bigelow were near Queen St in 1873,<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 October 1873 |title=Harbour Board. New Zealand Herald |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18731008.2.23 |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> R S Bigelow & Sons built ''Kate McGregor'' in 1874<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 May 1877 |title=Wreck of the Kate McGregor. Auckland Star |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18770530.2.23 |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> and John Bigelow raised a sunken ship in the bay in 1891.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 January 1891 |title=The scuttled ship Leading Wind. New Zealand Herald |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18910126.2.17 |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> They moved to Customs Street West in 1893.<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 March 1893 |title=Auckland Harbour Board. New Zealand Herald |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18930329.2.13 |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> John Bigelow died in 1903.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 May 1903 |title=Accidents. Auckland Star |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19030527.2.57 |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref>
* '''[[William Hoile Brown]]''' had yards near the foot of Hobson Street<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=7 May 1928 |title=Builder of ships. Sun (Auckland) |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19280507.2.178 |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> and in Poore Street,<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 January 1917 |title=Auckland Star |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19170119.2.3.6 |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> now Westhaven Drive, on the [[Wynyard Quarter|western reclamation]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wynyard inventory character |url=https://unitaryplan.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/Images/PDF-Appendices/Precincts/Wynyard/App_11_1_9_2_2_Wynyard_inventory_character_1.pdf |website=Auckland Council}}</ref> After W H Brown retired, '''Percy Vos''' and '''Shipbuilders Ltd''' had yards in Poore Street, from 1922.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 May 1922 |title=Auckland Star |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19220516.2.31.5 |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> The Percy Vos yard moved to nearby 37 Hamer Street in 1937 and is now preserved by the [[New Zealand Maritime Museum|Maritime Museum]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Percy Vos: A History of Auckland's Oldest Surviving Wooden Boat Shed and Slipway |url=https://www.maritimemuseum.co.nz/percy-vos-a-history-of-aucklands-oldest-surviving-wooden-boat-shed-and-slipway |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=www.maritimemuseum.co.nz |language=en}}</ref> Shipbuilders replaced their fire damaged site with a new one nearby in 1945.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 March 1945 |title=Auckland Star |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19450307.2.29 |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref>
* '''James William Carr''' had a boatyard near the foot of Nelson Street<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 June 1929 |title=End of an industry. New Zealand Herald |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19290620.2.24 |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> from about 1865.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 September 1865 |title=New Zealand Herald |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18650920.2.22.2 |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> He died in Upper Nelson Street in 1909,<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 November 1909 |title=Deaths. New Zealand Herald |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19091119.2.2.2 |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> aged 81.<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 November 1909 |title=Personal items. New Zealand Herald |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19091119.2.62 |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref>
* '''Duthie & Ross''' launched the {{Convert|200|ft|abbr=on}} long steamer, ''[[Sorrento, Victoria#History|Golden Crown]]'', from their [[Commercial Bay#History|Smale's Point]] yard in 1870.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Launch of the steamer Golden Crown. Auckland Star |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18700820.2.6 |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> '''Ross''' had a yard in 1873.<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 June 1874 |title=Port of Auckland. Daily Southern Cross |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DSC18740605.2.4.1 |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> '''Duthie''' had a yard on the reclamation in 1878.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 April 1878 |title=Harbour Board. Auckland Star |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18780416.2.18 |access-date=2024-03-28 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref>
* '''David Gouk''' repaired the barque ''Crishna'' in 1871.<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 April 1871 |title=Port of Auckland. Daily Southern Cross |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DSC18710422.2.4.1 |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> C Gouk launched the {{Convert|66|ft|abbr=on}} long scow ''Dominion'' in Freeman's Bay<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 April 1908 |title=Local and general news. New Zealand Herald |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19080425.2.21 |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> on 24 April 1908.<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 April 1908 |title=A new vessel for the Auckland coastal trade. Auckland Weekly News |url=https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/185647 |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz |language=en}}</ref> His yard started in Customs Street West<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 January 1888 |title=New Zealand Herald |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18880111.2.13 |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=21 October 1921 |title=Obituary. Auckland Star |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19211021.2.82 |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> and he raised over 60 wrecks between 1863 and 1908.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 November 1908 |title=Raising wrecks. New Zealand Herald |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19081126.2.98 |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> From about 1901 the firm mainly built wharves and bridges.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 October 1921 |title=Obituary. Auckland Star |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19211021.2.82 |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref>
* '''Henderson and Spraggon''', opposite Gleeson's Hotel, was founded by Adam Henderson, who was a shipwright by 1866.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 September 1866 |title=Supreme court. Daily Southern Cross |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DSC18660927.2.15 |access-date=2024-03-28 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> His son, Robert, retired in about 1928.<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 June 1935 |title=Obituary. Auckland Star |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19350615.2.18 |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref>
* '''C Hewson and R Melville''' (a Henderson and Spraggon foreman) had a yard at Breakwater Road, near the foot of Princes Street between at least 1879<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 February 1879 |title=Auckland Star |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18790211.2.2.5 |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> and 1889.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 December 1889 |title=Shipping. New Zealand Herald |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18891202.2.74 |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref>
* [[Robert Logan Sr.|'''Robert Logan''']] had a yard on Customs Street West.
* '''Captain Richard Mackay''' had a yard from about 1855 near the foot of Albert and Hobson Streets.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=4 May 1887 |title=Harbour Board. New Zealand Herald |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18870504.2.46 |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> His largest ship was the {{Convert|112|ft|abbr=on}} long [[brigantine]], ''Defiance'', launched in 1880<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 March 1880 |title=Launch at Freeman's Bay. Auckland Star |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18800330.2.12 |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> and his last ship was the [[barque]], ''Northern Chief'',<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 March 1897 |title=Death of Captain R. McKay. Auckland Star |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18970301.2.9 |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> built in 1887.<ref name=":1" />
* [[George Turnbull Niccol|'''George Niccol''']] had a Fanshawe Street yard, near the [[Kauri Timber Company|Kauri Timber]] depot, between at least 1905<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 October 1936 |title=Back to sail. Auckland Star |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19361022.2.99 |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> and 1924.<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 July 1924 |title=Auckland shipbuilding. Auckland Star |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19240703.2.37 |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref>
<gallery mode="packed" heights="100px" style="text-align:left">
File:Robert_Logan_shipyard,_Freemans_Bay_in_1904.jpg|R Logan shipyard and Gleeson's Hotel, Freeman's Bay in 1904
File:Lena_at_Bailey_and_Lowe_yard_and_Gleeson's_Hotel.jpg|''Lena'' at Bailey and Lowe yard and Gleeson's Hotel in 1905
File:Dominion_1908_launch_by_C_Gouk.jpg|''Dominion'' launch by C Gouk in 1908
File:W_H_Brown_shipyard_at_the_foot_of_Hobson_Street.jpg|Gleeson's Hotel and W H Brown shipyard at the foot of Hobson Street in 1909
File:Yacht_Eunice,_Freemans_Bay.jpg|Bailey & Lowe and Robert Logan shipyards, Customs Street West, Freeman's Bay about 1919
File:HMNZS Waikato1943.jpg|''HMNZS Waikato'' launched from Beaumont Street on 16 October 1943
</gallery>
===New quarter===

In 1995, [[Russell Coutts]] and [[Team New Zealand]] won the [[1995 America's Cup|America's Cup]] in [[San Diego]]. This led to Auckland hosting the [[2000 America's Cup]], and the viaduct was redeveloped to accommodate the America's Cup teams.<ref name="ThenAndNow"/> After the competition, the area became a mixed-use zone of apartments and restaurants.<ref name="HERALDSEA"/> In 2011, the area of the [[Auckland waterfront]] to the west of the Viaduct Harbour, historically known as the Western Reclamation or Tank Farm, was redeveloped into [[Wynyard Quarter]].<ref name=FORWARDMETAL>{{cite news|title=Forward Thinking: Metal heaven|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10744222|accessdate=16 August 2011|newspaper=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|date=11 August 2011|first=Scott|last=Kara}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Viaduct Harbour Boundaries Auckland.jpg|The quarter seen from the [[Sky Tower (Auckland)|Sky Tower]], with approximate boundaries shown marked in red
File:Auckland, NZ.jpg|The original redevelopment on the eastern side of the Viaduct Harbour
File:DrawbridgeViaductAuckland.jpg|Drawbridge linking the Viaduct Harbour to the [[Wynyard Quarter]] in [[Auckland]]
</gallery>

==See also==

* [[Americas Cup]]
* [[Freemans Bay]]
* [[Princes Wharf, Auckland|Princes Wharf]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.viaduct.co.nz The Viaduct] (from theviaduct.co.nz, a local business association, includes photos of pre-redevelopment times)
*[https://www.viaductharbourmarina.co.nz The Viaduct Marina] (from theviaductharbourmarina.co.nz, a local business association, includes photos of new marina)
*[http://www.theviaduct.com The Viaduct] (from theviaduct.com, another local business association)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060211050100/http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Australia_and_Oceania/New_Zealand/North_Island/Auckland_Region/Auckland-1884091/Things_To_Do-Auckland-Viaduct_Basin-BR-1.html Tourist reviews and images] (from virtualtourist.com)
*[https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/search/searchterm/Viaduct%20Basin/field/all/mode/exact/conn/and Photographs of Viaduct Basin] held in [[Auckland Libraries|Auckland Libraries']] heritage collections.
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Viaduct Harbour - Revision history

imported>Gadfium: /* New quarter */ rm unsourced item about "Blake Harbour", which I cannot find a source for.