REDUCING A ONCE PROUD SHIP TO SCRAP.—The Port Bowen, which went aground at Castlecliff, Wanganui. is now in the hands of the shipbreakers. after all efforts to refloat her had failed. Top left: The ship as she appears to-day with the funnel and top hamper gone. Right: "Blowing" rivets in the deck plating with the oxlj-acetone flame. Below left: The partially demolished forepeak showing where the steel deck plating has been stripped away and, right: Taking out brine piping from the insulated holds for installation in the cool storage block of the Kakariki freezing works. (See story below.)
ANOTHER SUBURBAN BEAUTY SPOT IN THE MAKING.—A new park of one and a half acres is being constructed in Marsden Avenue (Domain Road). by the Mount Eden Borough Council. It will be set in lawn, flower beds and seals. Later* playing gear for children may be installed. At the present it is k n °Wn a& Marsden Park* but when the time for the official opening arrives it has been suggested that the name should be Centennial Park-
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 228, 25 September 1940, Page 5
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176REDUCING A ONCE PROUD SHIP TO SCRAP.—The Port Bowen, which went aground at Castlecliff, Wanganui. is now in the hands of the shipbreakers. after all efforts to refloat her had failed. Top left: The ship as she appears to-day with the funnel and top hamper gone. Right: "Blowing" rivets in the deck plating with the oxlj-acetone flame. Below left: The partially demolished forepeak showing where the steel deck plating has been stripped away and, right: Taking out brine piping from the insulated holds for installation in the cool storage block of the Kakariki freezing works. (See story below.) ANOTHER SUBURBAN BEAUTY SPOT IN THE MAKING.—A new park of one and a half acres is being constructed in Marsden Avenue (Domain Road). by the Mount Eden Borough Council. It will be set in lawn, flower beds and seals. Later* playing gear for children may be installed. At the present it is kn°Wn a& Marsden Park* but when the time for the official opening arrives it has been suggested that the name should be Centennial Park- Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 228, 25 September 1940, Page 5
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