Chapel Street

Photograph by Whites Aviation. Courtesy of Tauranga Heritage Collection

This aerial view of Sulphur Point, and the Otumoetai peninsula, was taken by Whites Aviation. The exact date of the photograph is unknown. However, as it shows the reclamation of land for the construction of the Chapel Street sewage treatment plant, it is likely to date from the late 1960s. Development of the sewage treatment plant began in 1969 and cost $1.6 million. There are many other points of interest in this photograph including the Otumoetai Golf Course, which was leased to the Otumoetai Golf Club in 1969.