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Godber album 3
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
"A" 196 steam locomotive hauling kauri logs across Maori Creek, near Piha
Date: Between 1915 and 1916
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-1087-1/2-G
Description: "A" 196 steam locomotive hauling kauri logs across Maori Creek (or Wekatahi Stream), near Piha. Wekatahi Stream was known as Maori Creek by timber millers working in the area. (See "Piha : a history in images" by Sandra Coney, p 52). Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber, between 1915 and 1916. Caption pasted to back of file print reads: A locomotive hauling kauri logs on the west coast of Auckland. 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. Transferred to New Zealand Railways Maintenance Branch in 1906, and was renumbered "A" 196 probably soon after the transfer. Shipped to Whatipu partlay dismantled, before being brought to Piha fro use on the Piha Tramway. See "Register of New Zealand Railways Locomotives, 1863-1971" by W G lloyd, and "Piha : a history in images" by Sandra Coney (p 53). Inscriptions: Album page - Crossing Maori Creek. 'A' loco no. 62. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches
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
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
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