Cutter-rigged steamship of 46.30 grt, built as the Jane Williams in 1872 by Sparrow & Thomas at Dunedin. Name changed to "Ben Lomond" in 1886. From 1885-1899 owned by the Lake Wakatipu Steam Shipping Company, and from 1899-1903 by the Lake Wakatipu Shipping Company. In 1903 sold to the New Zealand Government, Railways Department. A tourist ship on Lake Wakatipu - 1930s-1940s. See "Index to the New Zealand section of the register of all British ships, 1840-1950" compiled by M N Watt.
Ben Lomond (Ship)
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MacPherson, R, fl 1949: Photographs of trip to New Zealand, ca 1949
Date: [ca 1949]
By: MacPherson, R, active 1949; Blockley, John, active 1995
Reference: PAColl-4915
Description: Quantity: 259 b&w original photographic print(s).
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Ferry ['Ben Lomond'?] on Lake Wakatipu with Remarkables in background, Queenstown-Lakes...
Date: 1897
From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera
Reference: 1/2-140469-G
Description: Photograph taken by William Williams Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Photographer identified by curator John Sullivan. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Stereographic dry plate glass negative
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Newly-built boiler for the steam ship "Ben Lomond"
Date: 1933
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-2021-1/2-G
Description: View of a newly constructed boiler for the steamship "Ben Lomond" built at Hillside Railway Workshops, 1933. Lettering on the boiler reads "S.S. "Ben-Lomond". Built at Hillside. 1933". Photographed by Albert Percy Godber. The New Zealand Government, Railways Department purchased the Ben Lomond in 1903. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches
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Lake Wakatipu and a group of people in a row boat in front of Queenstown waterfront are...
Date: [circa 1910s-1930s]
From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera
Reference: 1/4-055973-G
Description: Photograph taken by William Williams Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Photographer identified by Curatorial Services Leader John Sullivan. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative
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Mercer album 3
Date: [1900s-1910s?]
From: Mercer, Robert, fl 1964 :Photographs and albums of Maori, New Zealand views, and illustrations
Reference: PA1-o-340
Description: Album of photographs taken in the Otago and Wellington Regions, by an unidentified photographer. The South Island images include Queenstown, Lake Wakatipu, Arrowtown, Paradise, Diamond Lake, Balclutha, the Clutha and Catlins Rivers, and scenes in Dunedin including the Botanical Gardens. A large number show the Shotover River and details relating to gold mining, including a miner's stone whare on the bank of the river and two views showing the waters of the Shotover escaping from a tunnel driven for mining purposes to allow the river to be diverted from its natural course. The North Island views are all in the Wellington region, particularly views of the harbour with its various shipping activities, with many ships named. The latter part of the album consists of about 13-17 small photographs attached to each of 6 pages, many of family and friends, identified only by Christian name. The house at No. 3 Aorangi Terrace is shown (lived in by Ernest Somerville, importer, in 1905-1906; and by George Jefferson Belt, tally clerk, in 1909), and a house in Hawkestone Street. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with charcoal grey cover, black corners and spine; 24.5 x 31.5 cm