The logistics of keeping a large ship like HMCS Niobe provisioned with supplies, fuelled with coal, and adequately maintained required sophisticated dockyards and port facilities.

The largest storehouses in the Halifax naval dockyard were located at Wharf Number 3, seen here. This photograph shows an ant-like group of crew members carrying supplies past large pieces of equipment. The naval, government, and commercial dockyards clustered on Halifax's waterfront combined to make the city a hive of activity throughout much of the twentieth century.

George Metcalf Archival Collection
CWM 20030174-020