| Collection |
Marlborough Province - down the decades from early days |
| Description |
A black and white mounted photograph showing a ship and the grain stores on the Opawa River in Blenheim. A man in a row-boat is rowing up the river in the foreground.
Written on the back of the photograph in Allen Hale's handwriting is, "Shipping and grain stores on the Opawa River, Blenheim. Old man in boat [is] Samuel John Heffer, brewer [of] Grove Road."
Photograph is stamped on the back with A.M. Hale Collection.
A scan of this photograph will be used in the Changing European History Gallery 2 display in commemoration of the Marlborough Provincial 150th anniversary on 1 November 2009.
................................................................................................................................................................................Caption 64
Shipping, and grain stores on the Opawa River, about 1900. The vessel tied up is the Ngunguru. The far left building, and high pile wharf belong to the Eckfords. The concealed wharf, holding the Ngunguru belongs to the Fell Brothers, like the large building, directly behind. Opawa Street leads to this wharf complex. Further upstream on the same bank is an unidentified wharf beside the Blenheim Gasworks. In the foreground, Samuel John Heffer is vigorously rowing his own vessel upstream. The sheer height of the wharf piles reflects the then tidal range of at least two metres. 2009.067.0053
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| Year Range from |
1899 |
| Year range to |
1902 |
| Object ID |
2009.067.0053 |
| Object Name |
Photograph |
| People |
Heffer, Samuel John
Fell, Brothers
Eckford |
| Place |
Blenheim |
| Subjects |
Shipping
Opawa river
Cropping |
| Title |
Ngunguru at Fell Brothers Wharf |
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