Published Resources Details
Conference Paper
- Title
- Salvage of the Dredge 'Hapai'
- In
- Second Australasian Conference on Engineering Heritage, Auckland, 14-16 February, 2000: Proceedings
- Imprint
- Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand, 2000, pp. 117-123
- ISBN/ISSN
- 0980960352
- Url
- https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.910352057910237
- Abstract
In June 1957 the Auckland Harbour Board's bucket dredge Hapai over-turned and sank, in the Rangitoto Channel just outside Auckland Harbour. She was found lying with a considerable portion of her hull above water level at low tide. As no special salvage equipment or lifting vessels were available in New Zealand or Australia, the job was tackled using standard gear and winches which were readily available, together with lifting camels designed and built for this one job. This paper was published in New Zealand Engineering, February 1959 and presented to an Annual Conference of the New Zealand Institution of Engineers. The Dredge commenced working again in 1958 and continued dredging until 1965.
Related Published resources
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- Second Australasian Conference on Engineering Heritage, Auckland, 14-16 February, 2000: Proceedings edited by Lowe, P. G.; Hill, R .F. (Auckland, New Zealand: Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand, 2000), 248 pp, https://search.informit.org/doi/book/10.3316/informit.0980960352. Details