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• The Regulus and Port Kembla

  The Regulus was built in 1907 by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson of Newcastle on Tyne for the Westport Coal Company[http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc04Cycl-t1-body1-d2-d32-d3.html], based in Dunedin. She was a vessel of...

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• Nelson's aviation history

  Aviation’s influence on Nelson has been profound. With challenging road access, no outside rail link and the barrier of Cook Strait, Nelson had the reputation of being a ‘sleepy...

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• Building Nelson wharves

  Bob Howard started working with the Nelson Harbour Board[http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc05Cycl-t1-body1-d1-d1-d7.html] in 1968 at the start of the log trade. “I was on a 3 month trial and 23 years later...

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• Anchor Foundry

  *The Anchor Shipping and Foundry Company* Port Nelson. Nelson Provincial Museum, F N Jones Collection: 309919[assets/Your_stories/port-nelson-1.jpg]Port Nelson. Nelson Provincial Museum, F N Jones Collection: 309919 [with Anchor Foundry buildings] Click image...

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• Roy Sowman's Lodge

  In the early 1950s, Roy Sowman built a modest edifice on the edge of Neiman Creek on the Waimea estuary.  What started out as a boatshed, from which...

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