Loading the British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Barpeta (1960) alongside a wharf in Sydney harbour, NSW.
Loading the British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Barpeta (1960) alongside a wharf in Sydney harbour, NSW. Only the starboard side of the stern of the ship is in the picture. A fork lift truck on hire from Frank J. Hodgson Pte. Ltd is being used to move a pallett, which is holding cardboard boxes that each contain 24 x 29 ounce cans of Letona Halves Cling Peaches. A cargo net is draped over the side of the Barpeta. Sydney harbour bridge is in the background.
Object Details
| ID: | N85029 |
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| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Vessels: | Barpeta (1960) |
| Date made: | 1966-1969 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Image: 61 mm x 62 mm |