A view of crushed cars on a lighter barge in Newark, New Jersey taken from the motor bulk carrier Wilkawa (1964)

A view of crushed cars on a lighter barge in Newark, New Jersey taken from the motor bulk carrier Wilkawa (1964). The numbers "DB5" are on the stern of the barge. There are two cranes in the middle ground currently loading a second lighter barge with more crushed cars to the left of the first barge. This is Slide 73 of a series of slides detailing Captain H. Bird's service as Second Officer on board the motor bulk carrier Wilkawa (1964) owned by Sir William Reardon Smith & Sons Ltd of Cardiff, from 17 May 1970 to 26 November 1970. This series consists of 83 slides.

Object Details

ID: PCT16332
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Bird, Henry P.
Vessels: Australian City (1964)
Date made: Early September 1970
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Bird Collection
Measurements: Image: 27 mm x 27 mm;Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm