Record Identifier20A-4Date RangeUnknownDescriptionBlack and white print showing construction of Awatea. Crane just visible at top of frame. Labelled: 707 1.11.35. Stamped: Vickers-Armstongs Limited, Barrow-in-Furness. Rear: Progress of building the Union SS Co's [Steam Ship Company's] new 15,…-ton Intercolonial liner "Awatea", on 1st November. The picture is taken at the level of the upper deck, the plating being laid ready for riveting and shows the engine room and boiler room casings, the high erections being the shafts of the electrical lifts. Above this deck, which is 550ft. [feet] long and 7ft. [feet] wide, there will be three other decks. MediumPhotograph - print
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