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Ladysmith Coal Bunkers And Wharf

Black and white photograph of harbourfront industrial coal facilities. A young boy is looking on as a steam engine shunts loaded coal wagons onto an elevated trackway. Waters of a harbour with a large wharf are visible in the background.

Photo: Ladysmith Archives

Date: Circa 1920

A boy looks on as a steam engine, dark smoke billowing from its chimney and white steam from its whistle, shunts loaded wooden coal cars onto an elevated track for the transfer of coal into massive wooden coal bunkers below. In the background, the waters of the harbour are visible with a glimpse of the trestle structure of the coal loading wharf.