Handbook of information relative to the Port of Fremantle Western Australia / Fremantle Port Authority

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Corporate AuthorFremantle Port Authority; Fremantle Harbour TrustDescriptionHandbook of general information about the Port of Fremantle. Outlining early history and development, administration of the port by the Harbour Authority, description of the Port, cargo handling equipment, services provided and operated by the Harbour Trust, handling and custody of cargo, facilities for vessels, nature of charges usually incurred, and future development of the Port; Illustrations: Old sea jetty -- Official opening of Fremantle Harbour, 1897 -- Aerial view of Fremantle inner harbour -- Road vehicles loading, Victorial Quay Road -- Luffing and mobile cranes, Victoria Quay -- Gantry elevator bag loaders and portable elevators, North Quay -- Busy period during the working of an interstate vessel at Victoria Quay -- Loading frozen meat, Victoria Quay -- Plan of Fremantle Inner Harbour, with inset, the boundaries of the PortImprintPerth, W.A. Fremantle Port Authority, 1935 -Collation[63] p. ill. (plates) 23 cm.LanguageEnglishDate Published1935NotesSee: S/Box 53; 1935 edition is a photocopy of book held in the Battye Library; 1935 handbook published by the Fremantle Harbour Trust Commissioners which became the Fremantle Port Authority in 1964; Holdings incompleteDewey ClassS /387.1 PORPublication FormatSerial

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Barcode30118000186928LocationOffsite

SubjectHarbours and portsCollectionPublications Collection

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