Year
1859
Description
The Peninsular and Orient Steam Navigation Company (P&O) built its own jetty of 91m for its coaling operations.
The ship-rigged ‘Larkins’ was used to hold coal supplies to complement shore storage. Coal was brought in from Britain and New South Wales as stock to power the emergent steamships.
The jetty was extended over time to be 198m in 1870. It became derelict, was partly demolished and the remnants eventually covered by landfill
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