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 board the Piako looking forward and to port from the stafrboard side of number three hatch showing the cement mill No. 1 being lowered onto chocks on the port side of the hatch. It is raining. Two of these cement mills were trans-shipped for delivery to Cockburn Cement Ltd, Fremantle, Western Australia, and the ship sailed on 9th February 1968. Negatives numbers N85582 to N85604 inclusive are of this event
Object Details
| ID: | N85603 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Vessels: | Piako (1962) |
| Date made: | 1-9 February 1968 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 62 mm x 62 mm |