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Description: Berry Engineering was established in 1907 by Edwin Daniel Berry as E. D. Berry General Engineer. It was originally located in Main Street, but as the business grew, it moved to Ferguson Street, later expanding up Ashley Street.

All three of Edwin Berry's sons worked for the company – Frank (Frances Leslie) trained as a tinsmith, Zean (Zenas Jefferson) as a refrigeration engineer and Edwin Jnr (Edwin Horace John) as a welder. Frank became the senior partner in the mid-1930s when Edwin senior began missionary work in Fiji.

The business was responsible for several patents and manufactured a wide variety of metal equipment for the dairy and brewing industries. It was bought out by Mauri Refrigeration in the 1960s, later being known as Protech Engineering. In the 1980s Protech was acquired by Steelfort Engineering.

This image was taken on the same day as a larger photo that includes the large concrete main building in Ferguson Street which can be viewed at 2024P_2023-25_042125.

Identified people - seated
• Keith Bycroft (4th from left)
• Francis (Frank) Leslie Berry (11th from left)
• Edwin Daniel Berry (12th from left)
• Zenas Jefferson Berry (13th from left)
• Horace Franklin Greatorex Perkins (14th from left)
• Myra Hickin (15th from left)
• Willam (Bill) Finlayson (1st from right)

Identified People - Standing
• Edwin (Ted) John Horace Berry (2nd from right)
• Lance Koberstein (4th from left)

Known staff of Berry Engineering in 1934
• B. Allan (Apprentice)
• H. H. Allison
• F. E. Burson
• D. Buchanan
• H. V. Buchanan (Apprentice)
• D. A. Bull (Apprentice)
• Keith J. Bycroft
• J. Dallas (Apprentice)
• Gilbert Davies
• C. W. Erenstrom
• R. Finn (Apprentice)
• J. Flowers
• C. W. Fuller (Believed to be Charles William Fuller, listed as a Mechanical Engineer in the Electoral rolls)
• S. Fuller (Believed to be Sidney William Fuller, listed as a Tinsmith in the Electoral rolls)
• William (Bill) Finlayson
• W. Grainger
• D. Gray (Apprentice)
• E. Greedy (Apprentice)
• C. Hall
• C. H. Harvey
• H. F. Haselden
• H. W. Hopkins
• I. Jarman (Apprentice)
• Lance Koberstein
• D. W. Laing (Apprentice)
• G. Marshall (Apprentice)
• J. Merson
• R. Parlane
• M. Pascoe
• H. D. Ross
• H. N. Scroggs
• R. Scott (Apprentice)
• H. Simpson
• T. Smith
• F. Stupples (Apprentice)
• G. Turner (Apprentice)
• W. Yardley
• R. H. Whitehead
• J. Wall
• R. C. Waters
• B. Waters

The two older men in suits in the front row could be:
• Gordon Enoch Rowe – barrister and solicitor
• David Andrew Hewlett – Accountant
Both became company directors in 1941 one month after the resignation of Horace Perkins.