Marine Baths

It is appropriate, at this stage, to mention the oval marine baths which were built on a site leased to the City Council in 1876. This site is now occupied by Associated Fishermen Ltd. for a fish processing factory, but the building this Company is in was originally Nelson's coal fired Power Station. It is significant to record the fact that the supply of electric power from this steam plant at the port commenced in October, 1923. This plant became redundant with the advance of hydro-electricity.

The oldest building (probably early in the 1860's) in the Port area is what was once the bond store next to the Customhouse Hotel. This is now part of Nalder and Biddle's showroom and the original cast iron columns and bolted frame can still be seen.