"Calm" Grounding, photographs

Production date
1956
 Description
Collection of eight photographs depicting the grounding of the ship "Calm" after it ran aground off the end of Stent Road near the mouth of the Waiweranui River. On 14 July, 1956 during a storm the lighthouse beacon was extinguished through a power failure, and the vessel ran aground. Depicted in the images are R. R. Turnbull (Director of Canterbury S.S. Coy), Captain Wight (Captain of Port Fremantle), C. H. Crombie (General Manager of Canterbury S.S. Coy) and Mr Gibson (Chairman of Directors of Canterbury S.S. Coy) at Cape Egmont.
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Artist/Maker
Production role
Photographer
Production date
1956
Production place
New Zealand/Taranaki
Production period
1950s
Classification
Documentary Artifact/Communication Artifacts
Collection
Caleb Wyatt
Accession number
PHO2010-0711
Collection type
Photographs
Material
Silver gelatin print
Photographic Print

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