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Members of the New Zealand Tunnelling Company in their bunks below the ground at La Fosse Farm

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  • jamica1 said:
    claustrophobes need not apply!
  • jamica1 said:
    You say in the caption 5 December 2017. Do you perhaps mean 1917?
  • Antonio R. Tabares said:
    jamica1 👍

Sailing ship Alcestis run aground, probably in Otago Harbour, 1880s

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  • Peter Ellis said:
    beautiful !!
  • stormchaser_nz said:
    Looks like the vessel is on the southwest end of Quarantine Island (St Martins) in the middle of the Otago Harbour. At the top right is the Flagstaff (Tide and Timeball) above the port, and Goat Island behind the ship
  • FrigateRN said:
    These are fabulous old pictures, thank you for sharing.
  • Liz said:
    I've found a reference to her in "White Wings" on the NZETC website www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-Bre01Whit-t1-body-d50.html... the Alcestis, a smart little iron barque of less than 400 tons, was built at Sunderland in 1868, and owned by R. H. Penney. She was chartered by the N.Z. Shipping Co. Early in 1882 the barque was purchased by Messrs. Stone Bros., merchants, of Auckland, and for several years later continued in the London and New Zealand trade. She was later employed in the intercolonial service. THE BARQUE ALCESTIS AT DUNEDIN. the Alcestis had a very rough trip on her voyage to the Bluff in 1885. During one severe gale heavy seas broke on board, smashed the deckhouse and fittings and washed nearly everything movable overboard, including a considerable deck cargo. In 1888, twelve years after she was launched she ran from the Lizard to the Solanders in 93 days. The passages outwards by the Alcestis were:— TO AUCKLAND. Sailed.Arrived.Captain.Days. *Nov. 7, '81Mar. 25, '82Payne— TO WELLINGTON. Nov. 7, '81Mar. 6, '82Payne117 TO DUNEDIN. June 27Oct. 10, '88Norris106 TO BLUFF. June 10Oct. 1, '85Munn113 June 24Oct. 11, '86Munn109 June 12Oct. 8, '87Norris118 *
  • Swordscookie said:
    This is a wonderful shot NLNZ, thank you for sharing and to madbushfarm for the information. Otago harbour looks rugged in those shots!

Locomotive J 41 class train at Te Aute Station during a trial run from Napier to Waipukurau, 1887

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  • Photos of the Past said:
    View this Wiggled (pseudo 3D)
  • John Wattie said:
    Pseudoscopic (reversed stereo) is viewed cross-eyed by experienced stereoscopists, many of whom prefer image pairs this way round. This is how the picture comes out of a stereoscopic camera (which inverts, like all cameras do) and the two images have to be transposed to produce parallel eye stereo. Wiggled works in a way but is not true stereo.
  • Peppin ANAGLYPHE said:
    Same problems inverted, but the quality of stereo is very great!!!

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