​ Cassie-auckland-shed-10-log.gifon Queen Mary Wharf in Auckland.

On this page you will find out about:
  • What Shed 10 is
  • The historical value of Shed 10
  • The ports of Auckland


Shed 10 is a shed on the Queen Mary Wharf in Auckland. While planning the organisers were going to take down the sheds but they decided to leave Shed 10 because of its histoical value. Shed 10 on Queen Mary wharf is going to be a Party Central for the Rugby World Cup 2011.

Queen Mary Wharf
external image Queens+Mary+at+Auckland+3.jpgThis is Queen Mary Wharf where Shed 10 is.
Constructed between 1906 and 1913, the wharf was initially an extension of Queen Street. An earlier wharf allowed people to stroll while ships from around New Zealand and overseas were loaded and unloaded. After being rebuilt, Queen’s Wharf continued as the city’s primary gateway, and for much of the 20th Century was central to Auckland’s economic development.
The sheds on Queen Mary Wharf are also the last link to a waterfront history that shaped Auckland, but which has all but disappeared. Visiting royalty, mountains of freight, and the comings and goings of thousands of travellers who have passed through its red gates – Queen’s Wharf’s heritage is linked with the 20th century.

Here is the link to the website with more information:
http://www.historic.org.nz/en/News/2010-July16-QueensWharf.aspx


The Ports Of Auckland

  • Wynyard Wharf (also known as 'Tank Farm' or 'Western Reclamation', west of Viaduct Basin and mostly used for chemicals and liquids storage. It is to be turned into a mixed-use development and a park within the next decades)
  • Princes Wharf (residential development and cruise ship terminal)
  • Queens Wharf (proposed additional cruise ship terminal)[3]
  • Marsden Wharf
  • Bledisloe Wharf (on which Stadium New Zealand was once supposed to be built)
  • Jellicoe Wharf
  • Freyburg Wharf
  • Fergusson Wharf (a very large container trade reclamation from the 1960s)
external image 220px-Overseas_Passenger_Terminal.jpg A cruise ship at Princes Wharf, Auckland's Overseas Passenger Terminal.
Here is the link to the website with more infromation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ports_of_Auckland

Before and after
The first picture is what shed 10 on Queen Mary Wharf looks like now. The second picture is what shed 10 will look like at the Rugby World Cup in Auckland in 2011.
before-photo-shed-10.gif shed-10-in-2011.gif

 Shed 10


external image shed11.jpg This is the front door of shed 10. This is what it looks like in Shed 10. ---)external image shed7.jpg

Here is the link for the website where I got these pictures:
http://joelcayford.blogspot.com/2009/07/queens-wharf-site-visit-shed-10.html
This is only a glimpse of what this website holds. On the website above, a reporter is on a tour of Shed 10, there the reporter will take you through Shed 10 and show you what Shed 10 is like on the inside. So check it out.