Kōrero: Ferries

Stranded Mapourika

Stranded Mapourika

The Mapourika hit the breakwater at Greymouth in 1898, and remained stranded for six months. The ship had to be lifted bodily off the beach and transported on skids for nearly 300 metres to the Grey River.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, A. J. Varlow Collection
Reference: PAColl-9097-6
Photograph by James Ring

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Gavin McLean, 'Ferries - Coastal ferries', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/22444/stranded-mapourika (accessed 29 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Gavin McLean, i tāngia i te 11 Mar 2010