A sad loss I remember visiting my uncle kenny in Sydney late 1960s early
1970s he would take us on a ferry to manly. We all family cousins etc went
to tooronga zoo on ferry once good times

On Sun, 2 Jan. 2022, 12:49 pm TP, historyworks@...> wrote:

> Sydney lost one of its largest transport heritage items last night when

> the last of the Australian-built PJMS Manly steamers (latterly a

> diesel-electric boat) sank in Balls Head Bay. She was an ongoing

> preservation project for a private group, but was basically shot and that

> fact caught up with her. She was a century old. Groups preserving historic

> road and rail vehicles need to be grateful that at least they have terra

> firma under them!

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> https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Sydney_Ferry_BARAGOOLA_crossing_the_Sydney_Heads_en_route_to_Circular_Quay_13_Jan_1974.jpg

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> Tony P

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