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Leyland-O'Brien Album

documentary heritage
  • Description

    Kauri timber industry and O'Brien Timber Co.

  • Other Id

    34939 (Presto content ID)

    PH-ALB-143 (Reference Number)

    2553 (DBTextworks system ID)

  • Department

Images and documents

Images

Documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type
  • Name/Title
    Leyland-O'Brien Album
  • Primary Maker

     George Gregory (Photographer)

  • Date
    1890-1912
  • Physical Description

    27.5 x 56 x 2.5cm

  • Level of Current Record
    Parent
  • Member Object

    26 items in this collection. View all items.

  • Subject Category
  • Provenance Details
    Given to Mr Corbin by Mrs H. Leyland
  • Content
    p1-1. Standing Timber LOB & Co. Wharekawa [Standing kauri bush portion Wharekawa State forest] (copy negative C1637)
    p1-2. Close-up of kauri killed by fire (copy negative C1638)
    p2-1. Skiding [sic] logs to creek [Kauri logs on rolling road on road to creek]
    p2-2. Hauling skidded road
    p2-3. Hauling by catamaran on skidded road (copy negative C1641)
    p3-1. Felling timber [View of partially worked out bush showing branch creek] (copy negative C1642)
    p3-2. Bush shantie LOB & Co. Wharekawa [One of the bush shanties]
    p4-1. Face of dam no. 17 LOB & Co. Wharekawa [Face of no. 17 dam the largest of the 17 dams used] (copy negative C1644)
    p4-2. General view of water in dam no. 17 LOB & Co. Wharekawa [Logs inside of No. 17 dam – these logs will pass through the gates when the dam is tripped] (copy negative C1645)
    p5-1. Bush Store LOB & CO. Wharekaka
    p5-2. Tripping no. 17 dam, LOB & Co. Wharekawa [no. 17 dam being tripped. Note gates 16 x 10 and 16 x 14. Empties in 35 minutes.
    p6-1. Trimming logs in creek, LOB & Co. Wharekawa [Trimming logs in creek after a drive] (copy negative C1648)
    p6-2. No. 17 dam tripped, LOB & Co. Wharekawa [Drive in few minutes after tripping] (copy negative C1649)
    p7-1. View of Main Booms LOB & Co, Wharekawa [Result of good drive - Only a portion about two fifths of total logs at Booms. 32,000 pounds were spent in opening up the Bush and preparing for this result. The Booms can be seen in the distance - this view shows two bends in the River - five bends were filled with logs]
    p7-2. View of Main Booms LOB & Co, Wharekawa [Result of good drive - Only a portion about two fifths of total logs at Booms. 32,000 pounds were spent in opening up the Bush and preparing for this result. The Booms can be seen in the distance - this view shows two bends in the River - five bends were filled with logs]
    p8-1. Rafting Logs From Main Booms To Store Booms
    p8-2. View of main booms, Wharekawa
    p9-1. Portion Of Logs In Main Boom After A Drive of 7,000 Logs [Another view of logs in main boom]
    p9-2. Stella picking up raft [LOB Logs S.S. "Stella" picking up raft outside Wharekawa Heads]
    p10-1. Stella under weigh [sic] with raft in tow, LOB &Co. Wharekawa [S.S. Stella leaving Wharekawa for Auckland with raft. Rafts with 200,000 feet to 300,000 feet were towed to Auckland] (copy negative C1655)
    p10-2. LOB Company’s Mill prior to 1912
    p11-1. Logs in LOB & Co’s booms, Auckland [Kauri logs from various sources in LOB Coy’s Boom, Auckland]
    p11-2. Number of kauri logs in LOB booms, Auckland
    p12-1a. View of LOB old mills and yard showing scows loaded with logs to be discharged into mill booms (forms panorama with print p12-1b.)
    p12-1b. View of LOB old mills and yard showing scows loaded with logs to be discharged into mill booms (forms panorama with print p12-1a.)
    p13-1. Large kauri log broken down in mill – a board about 7 feet wide cut here in 1898 can be seen in Auckland Museum (copy negative C1660)
  • Public Access Text

    Note inside cover of album : "The views in this book illustrate the method of working a Kauri Bush in Country too precipitous for tramways. The Wharekawa Bush was a State Forest Reserve on the Watershed of the Wharekawa River, between Tairua and Whangamata. It was twice devastated by fire. It was put up for Auction, and bought by the LOB.COY - they converted what was apparently a total loss into a taxable asset."

  • Subject Notes
    George Gregory, Photographer, cnr. Queeen and Wellesly Streets, Auckland
  • Copyright
    Collection contains multiple items - rights applied at item level
  • Last Update
    16 Nov 2023

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