Harbour Works, Napier
Maker
Burton Brothers
Current rights
Public Domain
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Object detail
About this object
View of Bluff Hill near the Port of Napier, possibly taken in the late nineteenth century. Bluff Hill is located on the right side of the photograph. The base of the hill had been blasted for the extension of the breakwater in the harbour. Railway lines runs around the base of the hill. In the centre of the image a crane is in operation. To the right of the crane, a timber structure is being erected or dismantled. A group of men pose in front of the structure. Piles of building materials are located nearby.
Photographer, Burton Brothers.
Photographer, Burton Brothers.
Production place
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph mounted in an album.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Photograph: Height x Width: 134 x 187mm
Album: Height x Width x Depth/Length: 401 x 330 x 55mm
Album: Height x Width x Depth/Length: 401 x 330 x 55mm
Signature/Inscription
C. D. Cornford 56/28, Stamp, Stamped
17, Inscription, Handwritten
17, Inscription, Handwritten
Classification terms
Subject period
Subject date
1880s-1890s?
Current rights
Credit Line
from the estate of Mr C D Cornford
Other number(s)
56/28, Album 12, 1919, 77606
Accession number
56/28
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