Mt. Cook and the old Hermitage before it was destroyed by flooding in 1913
Mt. Cook and the old Hermitage before it was destroyed by flooding in 1913
[ca. 1910]
The original hotel is pictured. This was a 13-roomed house built of cob and completed in 1895. It was situated at the foot of the Mueller Glacier and accommodated about 30 guests. A cage took tourists across the Hooker River to the Tasman glacier. The hotel was damaged by flood in January 1913, and two months later was destroyed beyond repair by a second flood. See The floods, The Press, 4 Apr. 1913, p. 4, and also The Hermitage Mount Cook centennial 1884-1984.
File Reference CCL Photo Collection 22, Img00344
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