Square, on 3 May 1851. The Post Office, Police Station, Women's Prison and Immigration Barracks were all found there. The market days and fairs for which it had been planned took place there. Victoria Street cut through the square diagonally to connect with Colombo Street, and was not blocked off to create a real 'square' until the Parkroyal building and square redevelopment in 1988 -89. It was an important road, carrying the traffic flow from Papanui Bush where a lot of the timber and firewood for the town came from. An early wooden bridge carrying traffic along Victoria Street across the Avon River was replaced by an iron-and-stone bridge in 1865. It was one of the earliest of its kind in New Zealand, and is still in use. In 1896-97 the area was cleared and developed as a park for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee (60 years as Queen of England). A statue of Queen Victoria, sculpted by Francis J. Williamson, was unveiled on 25 May 1903 to commemorate the Golden Jubilee (50 years) of the Canterbury Settlement. Market Square was renamed Victoria Square in her honour. Another statue found in the square is of Captain James Cook, sculpted by William Trethewey, and unveiled on 10 August 1932. In 1915 a local businessman, Henry Bowker, died and left money to the city for a fountain to be installed in front of the proposed Town Hall. In 1931 the H.L. Bowker Fountain opened, but the Town Hall was not built until 1972.