NEW WHARF PLANNED
SMALL TRADING VESSELS EXCELLENT FACILITIES ORDER PLACED FOR STEEL To compensate for the loss of berthage for small trading vessels when the eastern berth of Central Wharf is completed and equipped for the handling of large vessels, the Auckland Harbour Board decided recently to buildja small wharf running out from the viaduct west of Prince's Wharf. A Sum of £44.000 was set aside the estimates for the work. An order has now been placed for the steel for the piling, and plans are to be prepared in the near future.
The new wharf, which will bo equipped with sheds and a portable crane or cranes, will provide excellent berthage and facilities for a large number of small craft trading to Auckland. A railway siding will 'be laid on the northern side of the viaduct adjacent to the .wharf, and good berthage will be available to any of those vessels requiring rail access.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22822, 1 September 1937, Page 12
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