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 Edmund Green — Christchurch, New Zealand Posted by:  Dunbar Loop
S 43° 34.379 E 172° 46.147
59G E 642851 N 5174032
At the south end of the Sumner Beach is this magnificent stone clock tower erected in the memory of Edmund Green who arrived in New Zealand in 1859 with the purpose of developing the first telegraph system in the country.
Waymark Code: WM8KW0
Location: South Island, New Zealand
Date Posted: 04/16/2010
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This clock and tower were donated to the Borough of Sumner by Richard Edward Green to perpetuate the name of his father, Edmund Green, a Canterbury Pioneer who arrived in Christchurch on August 4th, 1859, to install the telegraph system over this island, the first in New Zealand.
His son, the donor, was born in Staffordshire, England, on December 14th 1852, and came to Christchurch with his parents in the ship, “Mary Ann”.
Website with more information on either the memorial or the person(s) it is dedicated to: [Web Link]
Location: On reserve in Scarborough Park
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