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Welch, Joseph Sandell, 1841-1918 :View from summit of Deborah Bay tunnel near Port Chalmers, Otago [1876 or later?]
- Date
- 1870 - 1880
- By
- Welch, Joseph Sandell, 1841-1918
- Reference
- A-120-030
- Description
A panoramic view over Port Chalmers and Otago Harbour, looking out to sea to the sea beyond the Otago Peninsula on a calm day. There are ships in the water at Port Chalmers, and the houses of the Port on the side of the hill below. Quarantine Island can be seen in the harbour waters in the centre. Larnach's Castle (built 1873-1876) may be the building visible in the distance on the hills opposite. Aramoana is the low-lying sandy area on the far left.
Detached from: Welch, J. S. [Album of Sketches] 1876
The tunnel referred to in the title (not visible) is the railway tunnel above Deborah Bay. Welch was responsible for much of the surveying for the railway northwards of Dunedin
Inscriptions: Album page - bottom right - title in ink
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Watercolour, 244 x 389 mm
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Welch, Joseph Sandell, 1841-1918 :[South Island sketches, 1870-1888]
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Watercolour, 244 x 389 mm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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