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Original Kodachrome Slide. [[Digby Wharf|Steamer wharf]], lighthouse, [[Digby Pines]] Hotel, freight cars and Digby Gap, from [[SS Princess Helene|steamer]], Digby, NS. on August 19, 1959.
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Original Kodachrome Slide of the [[Digby Wharf]] taken from from the [[SS Princess Helene]], Digby, NS. on August 19, 1959. Shown are the wharf lighthouse with a bench built for wharf employees to await incoming steamers. Wharf manager [[McBride, Charles|Charles McBride]] is seated on the bench at far right. The bell mounted on the roof of the shed came from the [[SS Empress]] and was used in thick fog to assist [[SS Princess Helene]] in approaching the wharf. A small extension on the wharf was added as a buffer to protect the pier end from "bumps" by approaching steamers.(1) In the background are the [[Digby Pines]] Hotel and Digby Gut.  
  
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==References==
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(1) Graham McBride, son of Charles McBride
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Latest revision as of 19:14, 12 April 2010

Original Kodachrome Slide of the Digby Wharf taken from from the SS Princess Helene, Digby, NS. on August 19, 1959. Shown are the wharf lighthouse with a bench built for wharf employees to await incoming steamers. Wharf manager Charles McBride is seated on the bench at far right. The bell mounted on the roof of the shed came from the SS Empress and was used in thick fog to assist SS Princess Helene in approaching the wharf. A small extension on the wharf was added as a buffer to protect the pier end from "bumps" by approaching steamers.(1) In the background are the Digby Pines Hotel and Digby Gut.

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(1) Graham McBride, son of Charles McBride

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