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BA2817/642: Iron ore being loaded into the holds of the Tachikawa Maru at King Bay (Dampier), the first shipment of iron ore from Tom Price, 3 August 1966. A trial before the official first shipment in the Houn Maru on 22 August 1966
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BA2817/643: Iron ore being loaded into the holds of the Tachikawa Maru at King Bay (Dampier), the first shipment of iron ore from Tom Price, 3 August 1966. A trial before the official first shipment in the Houn Maru on 22 August 1966
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BA2817/644: Iron ore being loaded into the holds of the Tachikawa Maru at King Bay (Dampier), the first shipment of iron ore from Tom Price for Hamersley Iron, 3 August 1966. A trial shipment before the first official shipment in the Houn Maru on 22 Augus
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Summary
Rio Tinto advise that this shipment was a trial run before the official first shipment on the Houn Maru which left port 22 Aug. 1966. - Dampier Port Authority mention only the Tachikawa Maru in their history - "Within the port, Hamersley initially constructed a general cargo wharf across which construction materials and domestic supplies were landed, and the Parker Point ore wharf which was designed to accept vessels up to 60,000 DWT. The first shipment took place on 16th August 1966 when the MV "Tachikawa Maru" sailed with 20,000 tons of lump ore for Japan."
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Title supplied by donor. Original negatives found in the Aerial Surveys Australia collection available online at 260256PD, 260258PD and 260259PD.
Subjects
- Iron ores -- Transportation -- Western Australia -- Dampier -- Aerial photographs.
- Iron industry and trade -- Western Australia -- Dampier -- Aerial photographs.
- Wharves -- Western Australia -- Dampier -- Aerial photographs.
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