The Concrete Race, also known as the Water Race, is a buried tunnel that once carried clean river water from an old dam to a pipeline about two kilometres away. It is hidden within native bush and is now mostly underground, though a few short exposed sections are known to a few. The race was decommissioned in 1902 after newer intakes and treatment facilities were built, but it remains an important example of early water engineering in the Wellington region.
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