The Sand Pump

With emphasis in this issue on harbour development, this 'Picture from the Past" is of more than usual interest. It shows what was possibly the first dredge to work in the harbour basin area, in the days when the river was the harbour. Probably taken about 1906, the picture shows Nelson Bros.' sand pump engaged in the task of dredging out the channel. The spoil was used to fill behind wharves built along the eastern side of the channel.

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