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Logging railway alongside the beachfront between Karekare and Whatipu.

Date: [ca 1915-1916]

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0674-1/2-G

Description: The Piha logging railway, known as the Piha Tramway, running around the cliffs between Karekare and the Whatipu Wharf. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber, circa 1915-1916. This photograph was published in 'The Piha Tramway' by David Lowe, 1974, page 27, and shows the title 'The Beach tramway, Piha' on the upper right hand corner. Other Titles - The Beach tramway, Piha Inscriptions: Album page - The beach tramway. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

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Piha creek in flood

Date: [ca 1916]

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-1175-1/2-F

Description: Piha creek in flood, a railway line crossing the creek, and sawn timber stacked on the far side of the creek. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber, circa 1916. Note on back of file print reads "Copy neg from Godber album 101 [PA1-o-195], p 43. Was no 1/2-29272] This film negative was taken from an original print in Godber Album Vol 101, p 43 (PA1-o-195) For another view of this scene see APG-1174-1/2-F Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative 17.25 x 11.75 cm

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The Piha logging locomotive "Sandfly" with a load of timber, taking on water at the Kar...

Date: [ca 1915]

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0827-1/2-G

Description: The logging locomotive "Sandfly" taking on water at Karekare with a load of sawn timber. The driver is George Snowden (see back of File Print), and Mr H P Knutzen is seated on the timber on the first wagon. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber between 1915 and 1916. Original print from this negative is in Godber album Vol 109, p 5 (PA1-q-102) This image is reproduced in "The Piha Tramway" by David Lowe (new enl. ed). Inscriptions: Album page - Taking water. Kare-Kare. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

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Carting timber on the beach between Karekare and Whatipu.

Date: [ca 1915-1916]

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-1541-1/2-F

Description: Team of horses hauling a wagon laden with sawn timber on the beach near Karekare. There are piles of timber stacked on long wooden framework. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber, circa 1915-1916. This image is a film copy negative taken by Godber from a print in his album Vol 101, p 19 (PA1-o-195), including the inscription in the album which reads "Carting timber on the beach". Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Carting timber on the beach Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative 12.5 x 10.0 cm

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Piha Creek in flood showing a timber yard

Date: [ca 1915-1916]

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-1174-1/2-G

Description: Piha Creek in flood showing a timber yard in the background. On the right is the yard's office building with two people and a horse nearby. A railway track runs across the creek. Taken by Albert Percy Godber circa 1915-1916. This image is a film negative taken from the original print in Godber Album Vol 101, p43 (Pa1-o-105), with the inscription "Piha Creek in flood" For another view of this scene see APG-1175-1/2-F Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Piha Creek in flood Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative 17.25 x 11.75 cm

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K T Co Sawmill's tram line at Whangaparapara, Great Barrier Island

Date: between 1909-1914

From: Young, L R, fl 1972 :Photographs, including ones of Great Barrier Island and the timber industry

Reference: PAColl-5521-09

Description: K T Co Sawmill's tram line at Whangaparapara, Great Barrier Island, taken between 1909-1914. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 156 x 179 mm

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Whatipu Beach and the Piha Seifert Bros tramway

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 5

Reference: PAColl-5800-45

Description: Whatipu beach and the Piha Seifert Bros tramway. Taken by an unidentified photographer, circa 1910. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

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Locomotive "A" 196 in use hauling a log on the way to the mill at Piha in 1917.

Date: 1917

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0382-1/2-G

Description: Locomotive "A" 196 at work on the North Piha line, hauling a log on the way to the Piha Mill. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber in 1917. (Dated from other images in the Godber album). Steam locomotive "A" 196 was originally built as steam locomotive "A" 62. It was built by Dubs & Co., Glasgow, Scotland, in 1873 (maker's no. 656/73), and went into service in New Zealand in January 1875. She was transferred to the New Zealand Railways Maintenance Branch in 1906, and was renumbered "A" 196 probably soon after the transfer. She was shipped to Whatipu partly dismantled before being brought to Piha for use on the Piha Tramway. She was laid up about 1925, and went on display at the Otahuhu Workshops about 1929. See "Register of New Zealand Railways steam locomotives, 1863-1971" by W G Lloyd, and "Piha, a history in images" by Sandra Coney (p 53). Other Titles - On the way to the mill. Piha. Inscriptions: Album page - On the way to the mill. Piha. No. should be 62. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

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Horse-drawn rail timber wagon laden with sawn timber, near Karekare.

Date: Between 1915 and 1916

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0662-1/2-G

Description: Horse-drawn rail wagon laden with sawn timber, and a smaller horse-drawn wagon on the road alongside the railway line. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber, between 1915 and 1916. An original print from this negative is at Pa1-o-195 (Godber album vol 101, p 6) Inscriptions: Album page - Near Kare-Kare. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

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Horse-drawn wagon carrying sawn timber, on the railway track of the Piha to Karekare tr...

Date: Between 1915 and 1916

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0356-1/2-G

Description: Horse-drawn trolley laden with sawn timber, on the railway track between Piha and Karekare. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber, between 1915 and 1916. An original print from this negative is at Pa1-o-195 (Godber album vol 101, p 7), with caption "Some of the boys". Image reproduced in "Piha : a history in images" by Sandra Coney, p 55. Inscriptions: Album page - Some of the boys. Tramway between Piha and Karekare, built for the transportation of timber. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

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Timber settlement, Piha, view from the Piha Tramway.

Date: 1915-1916

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0676-1/2-G

Description: Timber settlement at Piha, from the tramway. Shows bush, the Piha Mill, timber yards, and the tramway below. Taken by Albert Percy Godber between 1915 and 1916. Original print in album PA1-o-195, page 3, with the caption "Piha from the tramway" This image is reproduced in "The Piha Tramway" by David Lowe. Inscriptions: Album page - Piha from the tramway. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

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View of the top of the Karekare Incline, with a load of sawn timbers descending to Kare...

Date: Between 1915 and 1916

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0354-1/2-G

Description: The top of the Karekare Incline, on the section between Piha and Karekare. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber, between 1915 and 1916. An original print from this negative is at Pa1-o-195 (Godber album vol 101, p 7), with caption "Top of Kare Kare Incline". This image reproduced in "The Piha Tramway" [by David Lowe], new enlarged ed., 1985. Tramway between Piha and Karekare, built for the transportation of timber. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

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Load of sawn timber on a railway truck ascending the Piha Incline.

Date: Between 1915 and 1916

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0510-1/2-G

Description: Load of sawn timber on a railway truck ascending the Piha Incline. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber, between 1915 and 1916. An original print from this negative is at PA1-o-195 (Godber album vol 101, p 6) Inscriptions: Album page - Ascending the Piha Incline. Tramway between Piha and Karekare, built for the transportation of timber. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

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A section of the beach tramway between Karekare and Whatipu, showing a horse-drawn wago...

Date: Between 1915 and 1916

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0666-1/2-G

Description: Section of the beach tramway between Karekare and Whatipu, showing a wagon of sawn timber drawn by a large team of horses, being carted across the beach. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber, between 1915 and 1916. An original print from this negative is at Pa1-o-195 (Godber album vol 101, p 19.) This image is reproduced in "The Piha Tramway" by David Lowe, where he says "a large horse team prepares to struggle across the Karekare beach in the days before tramway had been built". However, Godber was in this area between 1915 and 1916, and shows numbers of pictures of the completed beach tramway. Inscriptions: Album page - Carting timber on the beach. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

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Whangaparapara, Great Barrier Island, showing the tramline used for transporting timber

Date: ca 1910

From: Young, L R, fl 1972 :Photographs, including ones of Great Barrier Island and the timber industry

Reference: PAColl-5521-15

Description: Scene by the harbour at Whangaparapara, Great Barrier Island, circa 1910. Shows the end of the timber tramline which ran to Kaiarara. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 16.7 x 21.5 cm Processing information: Formerly filed in Turnbull Library Pictures at 13. Great Barrier Island. Whangaparapara

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Section of the beach tramway between Karekare and Whatipu, Auckland

Date: Between 1915 and 1916

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0351-1/2-G

Description: Section of the beach tramway between Karekare and Whatipu, Auckland. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber, between 1915 and 1916. This section of the tramway was an extension of the tramway between Piha and Karekare. It was built to speed the transport of timber to the wharf at Whatipu. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

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Piha Tramway, a private railway line. View near the top of the central hill section of ...

Date: Between 1915 and 1916

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0355-1/2-G

Description: Private bush logging railway line viewed near the top of the central hill section of the incline where a viaduct crosses swampy ground. The pylon carried whistle ropes and supported the main cable and the endless rope for the third load. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber. See "The Piha Tramway" by David Lowe (enl. ed. 1985) in which he reproduces this image with caption. An original print is at Pa1-o-195 (Godber album vol 101, p 14), with caption "Viaduct on the Piha tram". Other Titles - Viaduct on the Piha tram. Inscriptions: Album page - Viaduct on the Piha tram. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

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Men unloading huge logs off a railway wagon, on the railway track outside Piha timber m...

Date: Between 1915 and 1916

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0357-1/2-G

Description: Men unloading huge logs, probably kauri, off a railway wagon on the Piha Tramway, outside Piha Sawmill. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber, between 1915 and 1916. Tramway between Piha and Karekare, built for the transportation of timber. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

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The Piha logging locomotive "Sandfly" framed by the Pararaha Tunnel mouth.

Date: [ca 1915]

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0826-1/2-G

Description: The mouth of the Pararaha Tunnel on the Piha tram line, with a group of workers standing beside the logging locomotive "Sandfly". Mr H P Knutzen is seated on the front of the engine. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber between 1915 and 1916. Original print from this negative is in Godber album Vol 109, p 9 (PA1-q-102) This image is reproduced in "The Piha Tramway" by David Lowe. Inscriptions: Album page - Pararaha Tunnel. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

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Logging railway at Karekare showing the Karekare Incline.

Date: [ca 1916]

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0652-1/2-G

Description: Logging railway showing the Karekare Incline on the section of the Piha Tramway between Piha and Karekare. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber, circa 1916. Original print at PA1-o-195 (Godber Album Vol 101, page 7) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

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