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 aft and to port from the starboard side of number two hatch showing the cement mill No. 1 being lowered onto chocks on the port side of number three 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: N85604
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: 61 mm x 62 mm