Loading Brunner coal onto a steamship. Greymouth. 1880`s.

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Description1880s....Greymouth. Loading Brunner coal. One third of all coal furnaces in New Zealand used Brunner coal in 1884.

Peter Kerr
This is "The Gadget," named and despised by the Grey River Argus. It wasa dangerous thing, especially at night, with empty wagons like the one on the left running free down the ramp and along the wharf.Date of Photo1880`sMap^[1]ContributorTony Kokshoorn

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Location (city or town)GreymouthLandmark (Place)Greymouth wharfEventLoading Brunner coal onto a steamship, GreymouthCoal wagonsHorse and cartPort cranes

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Date Created13th July 2021CommentsDorothy Wills
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Annie Swain
I guess he means furnaces? No idea what a furness is but with a capital F it is a region in England.
Vern Pattinson
Great bit of Brunner history there
Graham Ngatuere
And they want to get rid of our Coal...to buy from elsewhere....
Karen Potter
Graham Ngatuere bloody insane. Wouldn't have a bloody clue.
Warren Bills

Graham Ngatuere I read today the government have imported 1 million ton of Indonesian dirty coal which you need to burn twice as much to get the heat of NZ coal this is insane, it’s produced by slave labor also, where is the support NZ factor here?

Graham Ngatuere
Warren Bills that's for real..building up another country's economy and Not ours...
Such are the New Ways of Being KIND...

Glenys Elizabeth Martin
Our Father's would turn in their graves

Wayne Morris
These wagons were originaly classified 'O' class later reclassified L wagons, they were centre discharge type with a door in the centre of the floor.
Peter Kerr
This is "The Gadget," named and despised by the Grey River Argus. It wasa dangerous thing, especially at night, with empty wagons like the one on the left running free down the ramp and along the wharf.

David Maciulaitis
Looks like a smaller version of the Westport coal staithes.

Andrew John Wilson
David Maciulaitis that would beca good description

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Loading Brunner coal onto a steamship. Greymouth. 1880`s.

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