BANKS PENINSULA: Le Bons Bay image gallery
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Le Bons Bay, Banks Peninsula, South Island Setting up for ground radar survey over walled ramparts of chinese fortified area. Foundations of walls first located by Magnetic Anomaly Survey (MAS) |
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Le Bons Bay, Banks Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand View down area inland from bay. Evidence of irrigation canals. |
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Le Bons Bay, Banks Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand Defensive ramparts of Chinese fortified camp, adjacent to mouth of Le Bons stream, ramparts originally capped with stone walls, foundation stonework is in position. Lower photo: View through staggered gateways of inner and outer ramparts. |
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Le Bons Bay, Banks Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand (173d, 05′, 48E, 43d, 44′, 48S) Site of 342ha fort, Fortified area and iron smelting operations + Harbour areas and Iron quarrying operation |
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Le Bons Bay, Banks Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand Mouth of Le Bon stream, Viw across site of 40m wide harbour containing 2 junks. (34m x 17m & 20m x 19m (odd)) Marker left, indicates wreck of 80m x 30m junk. Rock face opposite side of barracks and shelter. Lower photo: Canal mouth, red marker site of Sampan |
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Le Bons Bay, Banks Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand (173d, 05′, 48E, 43d, 44′, 48S) BBQ area is site of Chinese fortified area with visible ramparts. |
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Le Bons Bay, Banks Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand Retaining wall for walled single barrack block Area below was originally provided with a defence wall to enclose small smelter house. Lower photo: Smelter slag ex adjacent smelter |
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Le Bons Bay, Banks Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand Red marker indicates site of harbour containing remains of 47m x 11m junk. Launching canal points to rock face opposite. Lower photo: Site of bow on wreck of 80m x 30m junk. Note stone wall of barracks and smelter site opposite |
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Le Bons Bay, Banks Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand (173d, 05′, 45E, 43d, 44′, 48S) View North down stream of creek to Le Bons Bay (Ocean) Lower photo: The Chinese constructed the dead ended road on the Eastern bank of the creek to access the iron ore seams along the hillside. |
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Le Bons Bay, Banks Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand (172d, 05′, 32E, 43d, 44′, 52S) View East onto Chinese walling of creek. This dead ended road was constructed to access the iron ore seams. |
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Le Bons Bay, Banks Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand (172d, 05′, 32E, 43d, 44′, 52S) View West along double rampart of Chinese fort. The foundations of the stone walls still remain. Lower photo: View West on end of iron ore smelter ramp, iron fort rampart visible behind. |
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Le Bons Bay, Banks Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand (173d, 05′, 45E, 43d, 44′, 48S) Upper photo: View onto smelter ramp. Lower photo: View from fort rampart over iron smelter area ramparts. Creek beyond. |
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Le Bons Bay, Banks Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand (173d, 05′, 45E, 43d, 44′, 48S) View onto rampart of main Chinese fort. Lower photo: view onto iron smelter ramp. |
