A 70 ton cement mill being shipped on board the cargo liner Piako (1962) at Newport, Monmouthshire, for delivery to Fremantle, Western Australia.

A 70 ton cement mill being shipped on board the cargo liner Piako (1962) at Newport, Monmouthshire. The photographer is on the quayside looking at a close view of one end of mill No. 1 sitting on a Wynn's Heavy Haulage trailer which is hauled by tractor unit GDW277, seen from alongside the vehicle. Two of these cement mills were trans-shipped for delivery to Cockburn Cement Ltd, Fremantle, Western Australia, and the ship sailed on 9th February. Negatives numbers N85582 to N85604 inclusive are of this event.

Object Details

ID: N85582
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 1-9 February 1968
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 71 mm x 62 mm