Showing posts with label shipping. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shipping. Show all posts
Friday, August 7, 2009

Dealing With Cook Strait Stowaways - 1882

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The SS Penguin Negotiating French Pass . Postcard view early 1900s Star , Issue 4485, 8 September 1882, Page 3 "A couple of knowing tra...
Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Richard Haydon's Chudleigh

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Church Hill, Chudleigh, at the turn of the twentieth century. Richard Haydon's father, Thomas, moved from Bradninch on the other side of...
Thursday, April 2, 2009

The Inter Island Ferry - The Maori

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The Maori at the Ferry Wharf, Lyttelton The SS Maori joined the Union Steamship Co. fleet in 1907 as the first ship in the fleet to be speci...
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Wednesday, April 1, 2009

The Interisland Ferry - The Rotomahana

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Postcard view of the Rotomahana at anchor in Wellington Harbour Built in 1879 by the Dennys Shipyard, the Rotomahana was the first mild stee...
Friday, January 9, 2009

Picnic Time in Early New Zealand

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With the picnic season well underway in New Zealand, here's a view of early picnicking at Whangaroa Heads during the Northern Steam Ship...
Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Most Southern in the World #3 - Pilot Station, Bluff

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click to enlarge The Most Southern in the World Pilot Station, Stirling Point, Bluff NZ Continuing with our "most southern in the world...
Wednesday, July 16, 2008

The Last Voyage of the Loch Lomond, July 1908 - Part 1

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The sailing ships Loch Lomond and poop deck of her sister ship, Loch Katrine at Geelong , Victoria , Australia , circa 1887. The barq...