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The Gisborne Photo News

 
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No 165 : March 27, 1968

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Pictures from the Past

From Mrs C. A. Webb, Wilson Street, come these old pics depicting highlights in the hey days of the old Waikoko-pu wharf.

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Complete with railtracks and crane, the wharf is shown as it was in 1929.

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An 18 ton transformer being unloaded for the Tuai power station.

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Two ship pictures. The top one is of the S.S. Athenic in August, 1927, and the bottom one is of the Talune which ran ashore on January 26, 1926.

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A 21 ton rock used in the construction of the Waikokopu breakwater.

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A launch being unloaded for transport to Lake Waikaremoana.

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