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Date: Between 1915 and 1916

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

Reference: PA1-o-195

Description: Photographs taken by Albert Percy Godber between 1915 and 1916. Many of the images show various aspects of logging in Piha and Karekare. Views include the Piha Tramway, bush railway inclines, scenes of lumbermen cutting down kauri trees and cross-cutting felled trees, transportation of logs by bullock teams and horse-drawn rail wagons, the Piha timber camp and mill and men at everyday activities in camp buildings and in their workmen's huts. Other sections of the album show views of Petone, and Godber's family (his wife, Laura Godber, and two children, Phyllis and William (Bill)); views of the central North Island; farming in the Mendip Hills (Canterbury); and views of Trentham. Other Titles - Title printed on spine - Godber Album 101 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with brown buckram cover; 26 x 30 cm

Date: [1908-1912]

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

Reference: PA1-q-103

Description: Photographs, chiefly taken by Albert Percy Godber, including family portraits, areas where he lived, Petone and the Petone Fire Brigade, railways, the Hutt Valley, Wellington, and areas in the upper North Island. The family photographs show his immediate family (his wife Laura (nee Zinckgraf), and children William Albert and Phyllis Mary); groups including his father and mother Charles and Mary Ann Godber, his brother Harry Leonard and wife Annie and their daughter Constance Alice, and Laura's brother Charles Albert Zinckgraf. Godber was a fireman with the Petone Fire Brigade, and there are photographs of groups of firemen and fire fighting equipment, and displays of methods of fire fighting. Associated with Godber's work with New Zealand Railways, and particularly at the Petone Railway Workshops, there are views of various workshop buildings, groups of railway workers; one of M J Mack (General Secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants of New Zealand); images of damage to rolling stock after railway accidents; trains; the Raurimu Spiral; railway viaducts; logging railways; and railway stations. Photographs taken in the northern part of the North Island include coal mines, rock formations, hot springs at Te Aroha and Kamo; Whangarei and the Wairua Falls; suburbs of Auckland including Newmarket, Remuera, Parnell, Onehunga, and Ellerslie Race Course. Other Titles - Title printed on spine - Godber Album 110 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with brown buckram covers; 30.0 x 23.5 cm

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).

Date: Circa 1917

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

Reference: APG-1224-1/2-G

Description: Logging train owned by the Tamaki Sawmill Co., Raurimu (B Len Knight, manager). Photographed by Albert Percy Godber circa 1917. For another view of this locomotive see APG-1208-1/2 "A bush locomotive. Raurimu". Original print in Godber Album Vol 109, p 73 (PA1-q-102) Inscriptions: Album page - Knight's tram. Raurimu. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

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

Date: [191?]

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera

Reference: 1/4-054888-F

Description: Photograph taken ca 1910s by William Williams showing the end of the Piha tramway at the wharf at Whatipu beside the rock Paratutae. Men are loading timber on to a barge. A boat and a dinghy are moored off the wharf. Processing information: Location indentified by Library client and updated on record on 27 April 2016.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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