New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition (1889)

New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition (1889)
The main fair building of the exhibition, Dunedin

The New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition was a world's fair held in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1889 which celebrated that country and the South Seas. Exhibitons included New Zealand's Eiffel Tower, a wooden structure based on the Eiffel Tower and used to display artefacts from the Otis Elevator Company.[1][2]

Related Fairs

References

  1. ^ "New Zealand's Eiffel Tower". Ministry for Culture and Heritage. http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/new-zealands-eiffel-tower. Retrieved 12 November 2011. 
  2. ^ "New Zealand’s own Eiffel Tower open". (Ministry for Culture and Heritage). http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/page/new-zealand%E2%80%99s-own-eiffel-tower-opens. Retrieved 12 November 2011. 



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