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'Northern Chief' wooden barque [PRG 1373/41/37] • Photograph

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Summary

'Northern Chief' wooden barque 263 tons [wooden 3 mast barque, 287 gross, 274 net tons. ON87545, 125.0 x 27.4 x 12.2. Built 1886 Richard Mackay, Auckland. Altered October 1895 = 287 gross, 263 net tons. Owned in Auckland all her life and lastly by J Burns and Co. Ltd. Registered closed with 'Broken up' in January 1929]

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 10 cm x 14.6 cm

Dates / Publication details

1900s

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Northern Chief (Ship)

Catalogue record

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General notes

From a volume titled 'New Zealand Owned Wooden and Iron and Steel Sailing Vessels'.

This section comprises 'New Zealand Owned Wooden Sailing Vessels'.

This image is from the A.D. Edwardes Collection of about 8,000 photographs, mostly of sailing ships from around the world, taken between about 1865 and 1920. Mounted in 91 albums, the photographs are arranged by country of ownership, with some special volumes such as 'Shipping at Port Adelaide' and 'South Australian outports'. Additional information, giving the history of the ships where known, has been provided by maritime historian, Ron Parsons.

Digitisation information

Date

06/09/2019

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

5,361 x 3,754 pixels (20.1 MP)

Size

60.40 MB

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