Coal at Lyttelton Port

22 March 2025

Coal from the West Coast being unloaded from freight wagons via a hopper onto a conveyor belt, forming large piles at Battery Point, Lyttelton Port.

Contributors note: "Yin-yang of a towering coal pile beside the splendour of Lyttelton Harbour’s natural environment."

Source: Entry in the 2025 Christchurch City Libraries Photo Hunt.

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