Lake Wakatipu. The firebox of the steamboat Earnslaw which crosses Lake Wakatipu to Walter Peak farm. : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Lake Wakatipu. The firebox of the steamboat Earnslaw which crosses Lake Wakatipu to Walter Peak farm. / denisbin
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示-改変禁止 2.1 |
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| 説明 | Paddle Steamer Earnslaw.The Earnslaw is one of the last coal fired steam powered paddle steamers operating in the world today. It was built in naval foundry workshops in Dunedin for the Otago Railways at a cost of more than £20,000 in 1912. The railways wanted a service across Lake Wakatipu to connect with their train services from Kingston. The ship was named after Mt Earnslaw a 2,889 metre high peak at the end of Lake Wakatipu. The 52 metre long steel framed ship was disassembled and railed from Dunedin to Kingston which is the end of the railway line. It was then re-assembled at Kingston and sailed up Lake Wakatipu to Queenstown creating a NZ Railways service from Invercargill and thus the rest of the South Island through to Queenstown. The PS Earnslaw and her sister ships transported passengers, wool and supplies to Queenstown and to sheep stations around Lake Wakatipu. The service was scrapped in 1968 and the Earnslaw was saved from salvage by a travel company leasing it as a tourist attraction. She was later purchased by the company and renovated in the 1980s. The polished wood on the boat is NZ kauri. The Earnslaw has carried Queen Elizabeth and she has been used in several movies. Today the Earnslaw has a single route across Lake Wakatipu from Queenstown to Walter Peak High Country Farm. On tours they serve an excellent Devonshire morning tea in this most spectacular of places with no road access even today. |
| 撮影日 | 2016-10-20 10:02:27 |
| 撮影者 | denisbin |
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| カメラ | DSC-HX30V , SONY |
| 露出 | 0.2 sec (1/5) |
| 開放F値 | f/4.0 |