Type Of Vessel At Present Using The Napier Breakwater.
! i I THE S.S. WAIRUNA IS DEPICTED ABOYE RERTHED AT THE NAPIER BREAKWATER WHARF w»rdm„ ^ 1 i» • 1 . v«sU of 383-2 tons. Hw tengfh is 420ft. and bet diau.glit 29ft. «n. fully laden. Vessels libe this and evcn larger ,vW liiis wl5rf voa'i- in and' wm out and it gooa to slioiv the prasibilities the Brcakwaler oifors for developmcnt to accommodate -the remaining 70 lo 80 moat nnd wooi boats that at prc.4nt are lihiiered nearlv two miles out m the roadstead. Many ot these are even srnaller tlian the vessel shown above. Boats liave for manv vmk emnn ^ hnv water drawing 20ft. Messrs Cullen and Keele found thafc there were no drcdging difficulties and no engineeving diffieulties'in tlu's nndertakin" so Unfc^the harhour ean be deepencd another 8 or 10 feet, or even more, if required, without any°trouble. It will he a^cd-letl^r day to H^vvke^s when^he whole mavince unites to push ahead with this work. ' 1
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 58, Issue 78, 4 May 1929, Page 6
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165Type Of Vessel At Present Using The Napier Breakwater. Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 58, Issue 78, 4 May 1929, Page 6
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