Fountains and statues

Statues

Moorhouse Statue

Location:

Botanic Gardens on reserve situated off Rolleston Avenue at end of Hereford Street.

Description:

Bronze statue on stone plinth of William Sefton Moorehouse, Superintendent of Canterbury responsible for construction of Lyttleton rail tunnel. Several inscriptions are carved into the stone.

Inscription reads:

Wm Sefton Moorhouse to whose energy and perseverance Canterbury owes the tunnel between the Port Hills and the Plains.

Born 1825 Died 1881

Superintendent 1858-62 1866-68