A section of the beach tramway between Karekare and Whatipu, showing a horse-drawn wagon carting sawn timber on the beach.

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A section of the beach tramway between Karekare and Whatipu, showing a horse-drawn wagon carting sawn timber on the beach.

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Collection

TAPUHI

Description

Section of the beach tramway between Karekare and Whatipu, showing a wagon of sawn timber drawn by a large team of horses, being carted across the beach. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber, between 1915 and 1916. An original print from this negative is at Pa1-o-195 (Godber album vol 101, p 19.) This image is reproduced in "The Piha Tramway" by David Lowe, where he says "a large horse team prepares to struggle across the Karekare beach in the days before tramway had been built". Howev...

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Image

Date created

Between 1915 and 1916

URL

http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22785835

Locations

Karekare / Whatipu

Related subjects

Coasts / New Zealand / Auckland Region / Log transportation / Logging railways / Piha Tramway (Piha, New Zealand) / Tramways / Karekare / Whatipu

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