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Timaru breakwater

Timaru breakwater

A heavy south-easterly swell crashes against the Port of Timaru’s southern breakwater, in a photograph taken around 1898. The completion of the artificial harbour in the 1880s provided ships with a safe haven and enabled the port to expand.

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Auckland Art Gallery - Toi o Tamaki
Photograph by Alfred Burton

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John Wilson. 'South Canterbury region', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 20-Dec-10
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/south-canterbury-region/6/6