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Description

This factory was relocated in Palmerston North from Wellington three years prior to the fire. The company manufactured electric blankets, hair dryer’s, electric motors and cookware. It also specialised in plastic moulding and extrusion and application coating for industrial finishes, as well as being New Zealand’s sole manufacturer of heating cables.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Fi 4
Date
December 12, 1970
Digitisation ID
2008N_Fi4_WOR_1424
Held In
Coolstore

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Taxonomy

Tags
blaze,
emergency,
fire brigade,
firefighter,
firemen,
hose,
photographs,
water,
work,
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