Story: Transport – overview

Scow, Auckland Harbour

Scow, Auckland Harbour

The scow Gannet brings a load of logs from Northland into Auckland Harbour in 1908. Broad-beamed, flat-bottomed vessels, scows were a particularly useful means of transport in the shallow bays and estuaries north of Auckland. 

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James Watson, 'Transport – overview - Before motor transport', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/24981/scow-auckland-harbour (accessed 25 April 2024)

Story by James Watson, published 11 Mar 2010