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    Elsie Evans shows off its classic lines yesterday, afloat again in Otago Harbour for the first time in 51 years. Photo by Gerard O'Brien. : 112-year-old ferry wets its keel again
    Elsie Evans shows off its classic lines yesterday, afloat again in Otago Harbour for the first time in 51 years. Photo by Gerard O'Brien. : 112-year-old ferry wets its keel again
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    Onlookers watch the launch of the restored ferry yesterday. : 112-year-old ferry wets its keel again
    Onlookers watch the launch of the restored ferry yesterday. : 112-year-old ferry wets its keel again
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    Sandra Carlson and John Sutherland examine the vessel's remains at Portobello in 1978. : 112-year-old ferry wets its keel again
    Sandra Carlson and John Sutherland examine the vessel's remains at Portobello in 1978. : 112-year-old ferry wets its keel again
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    Elsie Evans passes Taiaroa Head in the mid-1940s. : 112-year-old ferry wets its keel again
    Elsie Evans passes Taiaroa Head in the mid-1940s. : 112-year-old ferry wets its keel again
    112-year-old ferry wets its keel again
    It has been a long time between fares for New Zealand's oldest passenger ferry.

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