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Description

Mr J Tennant had the suspension bridge built to serve his flaxmill situated on the Oroua River near Rangiotu. He sold the mill to R. Bell in 1912. Tennant's Flaxmill was out of the photograph to the left.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Fx1
Date
circa 1910
Digitisation ID
2011N_Fx1_004623
Held In
"Coolstore"

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Taxonomy

Tags
agriculture,
bridges and waterways,
flax industry,
mill,
photographs,
water,
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