IMAGE
The ship Rotorua at Port Chalmers
- Date
- between 1876-1903
- Reference
- 1/1-003412-G
- Description
The steam ship Rotorua at Port Chalmers, photograph taken by David Alexander De Maus.
Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - "Rotorua"; Marginal notes on negative - top left - 222-227
Steam ship built in 1876 by W Denny & Bros for the Union Steam Ship Co of NZ. First ran in the Inter-colonial service in conjuction with the SS Wakatipu, Dunedin-Sydney via Onehunga. Also employed on the Wellington-Lyttelton ferry service, and later in the Wellington-Nelson service. Sold to Japanese buyers in 1903, recommissioned in the Far East, and renamed Shin Lee. See Ships with New Zealand Associations (Vol 7, p 17 & 19)
Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Part of
- De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925 :Shipping negatives
- Format
- 1 b&w original negative(s), Negatives, Dry plate negatives, Marines (Visual works), Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches, Orientation: Horizontal image
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