Barges - New Zealand - Waikato Region
Hora Hora Rapids, Waikato River, N.Z.
Date: 1924
From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand
Reference: Pan-1931-F
Description: Panoramic view with the Waikato River in the foreground, the dam on the right. A group of five men are on a barge with planks across to the river bank. The barge appears to be laden with bags, with another pile on land, perhaps in preparation from further construction of the Horahora Hydro Station. Hills in the background. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - "Hora Hora Rapids" Waikato River. N.Z. 1924. No. 46; Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tyape] Hora Rapids. Waikato, N.Z. No. 46. 4 40x10 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 109.3 cm
Rowing cattle punt up creek Thames
From: Brodie family: [Sketchbooks, albums, and ephemera relating to the family of Captain Francis Brodie (1837-1916)]
Reference: E-112-q-1-21
Description: Two people are rowing a small boat which tows a barge. A man is steering with a pole. Inscriptions: Recto - top left - Rowing cattle punt up creek Thames [in pencil] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, pencil, and watercolour on page, 100 x 172 mm.
Delivering stores in a barge on the Waikato River at Waipa, near Ngaruawahia, circa 1910
Date: Circa 1910
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 10x8-1776-G
Description: Barge with three men on board and a gang-plank to the shore, delivering stores near Ngaruawahia, on the Waikato River. Photographed by William Archer Price circa 1910. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Delivering stores. Waipa near Ngaruawahia. 43 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches
[Lyndon, Edward?], fl 1860s-1890s :Te Aroha, River Thames, Auckland Province. May 1886.
Date: 1886
By: Lyndon, Edward, active 1860s-1890s
Reference: B-175-006
Description: Shows a view of a stretch of river, with a boat pulling a barge with figures in it. There are flat fields and hills in the background, and a group of dwellings in the left middle distance. The hill on the left may be Mount Te Aroha. Signed on verso EL Inscriptions: Verso - centre - [Title and initials] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 255 x 357 mm. Processing information: Deframed by the Library.