Map of early Greymouth Harbour, rivers and waterways

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DescriptionGREYMOUTH HARBOUR. 1889.
In the early years before the wharf and Tip Head construction, the Grey river outlet was similar to that of the Taramakau river which allows flood waters to fan out across the beach. Greymouth railway station and rail line south once carried flood waters from the Grey via the lagoons and so did Boundary street past Victoria Park. The 3 red arrows mark the pre 1860's outlets for flood waters and sometimes the lagoon where the Airport is today would break out to the Tasman Sea. The Tip Heads and rock groyne on the Cobden side of the river were built so that the water channel of the Grey river would be narrow. The narrow river flow would scour out gravel creating a deep harbour for the larger coal ships entering the port.Date of Photo1889Map^[1]ContributorTony Kokshoorn

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Map of early Greymouth Harbour, rivers and waterways

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