Erskine Point

Historic Photos

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Description: View of Magazine Bay, 1925

Reference: Canterbury Stories, https://canterburystories.nz/collections/photohunt/2013/ccl-cs-14561

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Description: The gun at Erskine Point, circa 1920s.

Reference: From "Insult to Empire", a documentary produced for the Lyttelton Torpedo Boat Museum in 2002. Original source of the photograph is unknown. Thanks to the Christchurch City Council for sharing the capture they took from the DVD.

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Description: Cannon barrel from Erskine Point shortly after the gun was scrapped, 1934

Reference: Papers Past - http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=CHP19340317.2.180.5&srpos=2&e=-------10--1----0erskine+point-ILLUSTRATION-

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