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As ships got larger the main ports improved their cargo-handling facilities, adding hydraulic and electric cranes to their major wharves. This early 20th-century photograph shows a mixture of horse-drawn and rail wagons bringing sawn timber ready for loading.
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Reference: PAColl-5932-47
by Joseph Zachariah
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