A 37FT BITUMEN STORAGE TANK loaded on the coastal vessel Poranui at Lyttelton yesterday for shipment to Whangarei, where it will be used at an oil company’s depot. The tank, which is 30ft in diameter and weighs five tons and a half, was loaded on to a wooden cradle assembled on the vessel’s forward hatch-covers. It was transported by truck for one mile from the Lyttelton tank farm, and the trip, which involved lifting some telephone wires, took about an hour. The large load was difficult to manoeuvre round some of the tight corners on the route.
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30947, 31 December 1965, Page 14
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97A 37FT BITUMEN STORAGE TANK loaded on the coastal vessel Poranui at Lyttelton yesterday for shipment to Whangarei, where it will be used at an oil company’s depot. The tank, which is 30ft in diameter and weighs five tons and a half, was loaded on to a wooden cradle assembled on the vessel’s forward hatch-covers. It was transported by truck for one mile from the Lyttelton tank farm, and the trip, which involved lifting some telephone wires, took about an hour. The large load was difficult to manoeuvre round some of the tight corners on the route. Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30947, 31 December 1965, Page 14
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