[Lifting engine of TEAL Short Solent for change at Tahiti]
Maker and role
Hajo Topzand, Photographer
Production date
1950s
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Object detail
Accession number
PHO-2004-3510.18
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Production period
Description
At Papeete a spare Hercules engine was kept with a shelf life of a year for engine changes for the Solent. On the occasion this image captures the Solent was ferried from Aitutaki to Papeete for an engine change with the assistance of a local crane. Leaving TEAL passengers on the islet of Akaiami for some days
Marks
4 Hand-written
Media/Materials
Physical description
1 slide : colour ; 5 x 5 cm
Record level
Work
Collection
Credit Line
Hajo Topzand. 1950s. [Lifting engine of TEAL Short Solent for change at Tahiti], PHO-2004-3510.18. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
Production place
Tahiti
French Polynesia
Polynesia
French Polynesia
Polynesia
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