"STAND CLEAR, PLEASE—SHE IS READY."—Scene just prior to launching when the pontoon of the Austral New Zealand Mining Company’s 2,400-ton dredge, being constructed at Lowburn, was launched on Saturday at noon. Eight months were spent in the construction of this 700-ton steel pontoon, and it is expected that in another nine months the superstructure will have been fitted and the dredge ready for running in.
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Evening Star, Issue 23048, 29 August 1938, Page 7
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65"STAND CLEAR, PLEASE—SHE IS READY."—Scene just prior to launching when the pontoon of the Austral New Zealand Mining Company’s 2,400-ton dredge, being constructed at Lowburn, was launched on Saturday at noon. Eight months were spent in the construction of this 700-ton steel pontoon, and it is expected that in another nine months the superstructure will have been fitted and the dredge ready for running in. Evening Star, Issue 23048, 29 August 1938, Page 7
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