At Ahipara around 1910, a barge has been loaded with sacks of kauri gum from bullock-drawn carts. The barge was taking the load out to the coastal steamer Chelmsford, visible on the horizon. The steamer would then carry the sacks to Auckland’s wharves.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Northwood Collection (PA-Group-00027)
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1/1-006272; G
Photograph by Arthur James Northwood
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