ALBUM - Cobden Tiphead - Then and Now.

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DescriptionIn 1865, Canterbury Provincial Port Officer, Frederick D Gibson, reported after careful inspection of the entrance to the River Grey, that the North Spit, situated in the Nelson Province, was to be the most suitable position for the erection of a flagstaff and it was this signal station that worked the whole of the shipping entering “the Grey”.

It was 1867 when the first mooring piles were driven for the Canterbury Provincial Council below the present site of Cobden bridge. Although flood-waters subsequently swept away the first piles, the value of exports through Greymouth in this year were the third highest in New Zealand.Date of Photo1865 - 2022Map^[1]ContributorTony Kokshoorn

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Location (city or town)Cobden Organisation (eg business)Cobden Tiphead

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Date Created13th March 2022CommentsKim Blanchfield
Wat is this Structure on the Blaketown side

Tony Kokshoorn
Kim Blanchfield Signal station.

Kim Blanchfield
Tony Kokshoorn oh Thanks We shood put it back there

Tony Kokshoorn
Kim Blanchfield We did Kim.

Kim Blanchfield
Tony Kokshoorn Left hand Side ???

Terry Harding
That building on the Blaketown tiphead which has a mast with hanging rings.

Kim Blanchfield
Terry Harding oh ok rite got it now lol thanks but neva knew she use to b on the left side

John Newton
Kim it was a light tower structure lining incoming vessels over the bar

Kim Blanchfield
John Newton yea ah I neva knew there was one there John

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