Reclamation of Mussel Bay, between Port Chalmers and Sawyers Bay, 17th September 1873.

Reclamation of Mussel Bay, between Port Chalmers and Sawyers Bay, 17th September 1873.
Date
17th September 1873
Reference
1/2-003212-G
Description

Reclamation at Mussel Bay, between Port Chalmers and Sawyers Bay, 17 September 1873. Photographed by an unidentified photographer. The mayor Hugh McDermid, wheels the first barrow to begin reclamation at Mussel Bay for the proposed railway workshops. However Dunedin opposition won the workshops for Hillside, and the site became the 'old' recreation ground. See "Port Chalmers and its people" by Ian Church (p 70)

Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Old Port Chalmers. No 24.; Marginal notes on negative - top centre - Reclamations of Mussel Bay. Sep 17th 1873.

Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

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Part of
De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925 :Shipping negatives
Format
Photographs, Wet collodion glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches, Orientation: Horizontal image
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