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We can connect 29 things related to Cranes, derricks, etc., 1900, true, and TAPUHI to the places on this map.
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Two "Liberty ships" at Port Chalmers; the 'Frank Joseph Irwin' (No. 97); and the 'Linco...

Date: between 1942 and 1959

From: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925 :Shipping negatives

By: Matheson, Catherine Euphemia, active 1932-1950

Reference: 1/1-021647-G

Description: Two American Liberty ships at Port Chalmers; number 97, the 'Frank Joseph Irwin' with a tugboat alongside; and number 93, the 'Lincoln Steffens'. A dredge is visible behind the 'Frank Joseph Irwin'; and the sheer-legs in the foreground. Probably photographed by Catherine Euphemia Matheson who took over the De Maus studio in 1932. For information about the ships see "The Liberty ships" (p 65) by L A Sawyer (WN 623.824 SAW 1970) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

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Wormald Engineering N.Z. Limited :B.R.A.N.Z. General arangement of 3 tonne E.O.T. crane...

Date: 1987 - 1988

From: Gooch, Mitchell and MacDiarmid Ltd :[Architectural plans. 1906-1995].

By: Wormald Brothers (N.Z.) Ltd

Reference: Plans-2002-058-D-12-125

Description: Shows diagram of a crane. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo print, 595 x 845 mm.

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Oriental Bay, Wellington

Date: 6 July 1964

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1964/2253-F

Description: View looking south-west from and apartment block along Oriental Parade towards Oriental Terrace, showing Oriental Bay and the Band Rotunda at right. Construction cranes can be seen on a building site at centre. Photograph taken 6 July 1964 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) negative strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

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Dredge Kerimoana, floating crane Hikitia, and Wahine wreck, Wellington Harbour

Date: 2 August 1968

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1968/3269-F

Description: View of Wellington Harbour with the Wahine wreck (right), the floating crane Hikitia (centre), and the dredge Kerimoana (left). Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer 2 August 1968. The Kerimoana and the Hikitia were laying moorings for the coaster Holmguard which served as an accomodation ship during salvage operations. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising three images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

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Haylock, Arthur Lagden 1860-1948 :[Three-masted boat at end of wharf.] 1918

Date: 1918

By: Haylock, Arthur Lagden, 1860-1948; Haylock, Greta Muriel, 1898-1980

Reference: A-156-009

Description: Part of a wharf with a crane to the left, the western hills of Wellington Harbour in the background Inscriptions: Signed: A.L. Haylock Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour 327 x 256 mm

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American Liberty ship number 93 (the 'Lincoln Steffens') and an unidentified American i...

Date: between 1942 and 1959

From: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925 :Shipping negatives

By: Matheson, Catherine Euphemia, active 1932-1950

Reference: 1/1-021645-G

Description: The American Liberty ship number 93 (the 'Lincoln Steffens') and an unidentified American icebreaker at Port Chalmers. The sheer-legs is visible in the foreground. Probably photographed by Catherine Euphemia Matheson who took over the De Maus studio in 1932. For information about the ship see "The Liberty ships" (p 65) by L A Sawyer (WN 623.824 SAW 1970) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

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An unidentified steamship in the foreground, with the cruiser 'Australia' partially obs...

Date: [ca 1930]

From: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925 :Shipping negatives

By: Matheson, Catherine Euphemia, active 1932-1950

Reference: 1/1-021657-F

Description: An unidentified steamship berthed at Port Chalmers, with the cruiser 'Australia' partially obscured behind. The sheer-legs is visible in foreground. Photographer probably Catherine Euphemia Matheson who took over the De Maus studio in 1932. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

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Tole, Charles Holbert Smales, 1903-1988 :[Sketchbook] 1971-1973.

Date: 1971 - 1973

By: Tole, Charles Holbert Smales, 1903-1988

Reference: E-323-q

Description: Scenes of Auckland wharves, industrial buildings, Huntly Power Station [?], Reparoa, Ngongotaha, Waiotapu, Atiamuri, Turangi, Taupo district, Mt Maunganui, Manukau harbour, Reefton, Cashmere hills, Riccarton, Wairau valley; also unidentified buildings and landscapes. Exhibited in 'ART Notes: 20th century artists' papers and sketches from the Turnbull Library' exhibition curated by Jill Trevelyan, in the Turnbull Room, National Library Gallery, 27 November 1999 - 6 February 2000. Signed: C.H.T. Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: 45 Pencil, crayon and ink drawings in spiral bound sketchbook 211 x 299 mm Provenance: Donation: Mr C.H. Tole, 5/27 Picadilly Pl., Kohimarama, Auckland 5, 15 April 1977.

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Wellington Harbour Board's new container crane

Date: 4 October 1975

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1975/4141

Description: Wellington Harbour Board's new container crane. The crane is 239 feet tall, making it the tallest structure on the Wellington waterfront. Photographs taken 4 October 1975 by an unidentified Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

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Donor unknown: Ships in Port Chalmers harbour

Date: [ca 1950s]

Reference: PAColl-6794

Description: 4 views of ships moored probably at Port Chalmers (1/4-028829 is definitely Port Chalmers). Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-028828 to 028830 and 028861 Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives

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'Loading raw sulphur', White Island, N.Z., 1928

Date: 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2214-F

Description: Panoramic view showing steep cliffs in the centre, a blowhole centre right and rugged ground in the right foreground. A sailing boat is moored in a bay on the far left. There is a derrick on a small wharf, far left foreground, beside which two men are on board a small barge-like boat laden with baskets of sulphur. Small islands off shore on the left middle distance. Remnants of structures lying among rocks in the centre and right foreground. Photograph taken by R P Moore. Source of descriptive information - Date from other images taken on White Island by R P Moore Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - "Loading raw sulphur" No. 174. White Island, N.Z.; Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] Sulphur loading Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 109.3 cm

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'Crater Bay', White Island, N.Z., 1928

Date: 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2237-F

Description: Panoramic view showing a boat on the far left of the image in Crater Bay on White Island. A rail track for the use of sulphur miners runs towards sheds, machinery and a derrick on the left. Other lines run across a rocky area in the foreground. Steep cliffs in the background, gaseous fumes in the centre of the image at the foot of the cliffs. Photograph taken by R P Moore. Portion of image repeated on the far left Source of descriptive information - Date from other images taken on White Island by R P Moore Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - "Crater Bay" White Island, N.Z. No. 171; Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] Crater Bay Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 109.6 cm

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"S S" Mataroa at Pipitea Wharf, Wellington

Date: [Circa 1927]

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2037-F

Description: Panoramic view of the SS Mataroa moored at Pipitea Wharf, Wellington, circa 1927. Shed no. 35 is on the right. A steam engine towing a large goods van is on the wharf to the right of the ship. A small tugboat is drawn up alongside the Mataroa on the sea side. Cranes on the wharf. Oriental Bay and Mount Victoria are seen across Wellington Harbour in the distance on the left. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - "S.S." Mataroa Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 102.6 cm

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Kinleith pulp and paper mill

Date: [ca 1980]

From: Mainfreight Ltd: Photographs relating to transportation and crane companies

Reference: PAColl-10030-2

Description: Kinleith pulp and paper mill near Tokaroa. All three photographs were taken to record the lifting into place of the top metal section of a tall chimney stack with spiral twists on the upper two thirds of its exterior surface. The crane involved in the operation is a Demag CC 2000 SL supplied by Carlton Cranes. Quantity: 3 colour original photographic print(s).

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Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989: No railway workers working container crane. 1975

Date: 1975

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: B-134-782

Description: This cartoon shows two workers picketing on the wharf. One is a railway worker and the other a waterside worker and they are picketing the container crane. In the distance the ship can be seen sailing off Pencil dated 11/10/75 Extended Title - No watersiders working container crane Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and letratone, 320 x 370 mm

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Photographs taken for the Wellington Harbour Board

Date: [ca 1940-1951]

Reference: PAColl-6862

Description: 50 views of Wellington harbour. 34 are of the docks showing bales of wool being prepared for loading; merchant and naval ships docked; soldiers preparing for embarkation with supplies and artillery; construction of dockside buildings; cranes in use including the Hikitia etc. The remaining 16 images are of Oriental Bay and various leisure activities around it such as sunbathing, swimming and running. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-031255 to 031304 Quantity: 30 b&w original negative(s) glass. 20 b&w original negative(s) film. Physical Description: Glass and film ¼ plate negatives

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Morgan, Judith :Photographs relating to Claude Williams and his shingle processing plan...

Date: 1937-1978

By: Williams, Claude Clarence, 1911-1998; Morgan, Judith, active 1999

Reference: PAColl-5966

Description: Photographs of Claude Williams, his shingle processing plant at Baring Head, and the trucks and cranes that he designed for use at the plant. Also included are photographs of the Hutt River shingle plant owned and operated by Jack Shanks, who constructed the vehicles designed by Claude Williams. These vehicles were based on war surplus American trucks purchased as a job lot by a Mr Gillies and stored in the post war years at a yard at Seaview. Quantity: 37 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 colour original photographic print(s).

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Photographs of the West Coast, a service car, and a pigeon aviary

Date: 1905, 1907

From: Mourant, Herbert Philip, 1881-1972 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-4522

Description: Photographs of a service car outside a Taupo hotel, cranes lifting railway wagons of coal at Westport wharves, and the pigeon aviary at the Mountain House at Mount Taranaki, taken 1905 and 1907 by H P Mourant. Quantity: 4 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints (postcards)

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High seas over the Wahine wreck, Wellington Harbour

Date: 8 May 1969

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1969/1887-F

Description: High seas over the Wahine wreck which is hidden beneath the waves. Only the crane fixed to her hull stands out in the storm. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer 8 May 1969. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising three images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

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Wellington

Date: [ca 1960s]

From: Ingle, Alfred John, 1917-2003 :Colour slides of New Zealand and a world trip

Reference: PA12-6992

Description: Photographs of Wellington taken ca 1960s by John Ingle. Includes views of construction of the Wellington urban motorway; Massey Memorial; Evans Bay road; upper reaches of the Hutt River; Wahine storm damage at Keith George Park; Wellington city and harbour; groups of Forest & Bird members on walks on Raumati Beach, and the Cross Creek track; fishing boats and the ferry from Island Bay; Paremata coast; painters at Houghton Bay; lifeboat in Wellington Harbour; hut in the Tararuas; the Hall of Memories in the carillon tower; Parliament Buildings and a pathway in the grounds; Petone Settlers Museum; and the Dominion Museum. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 35mm

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