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Description

Mort Andrews service station, at 777 Tremaine Avenue, was the first in New Zealand to be opened as a joint venture by a Local Authority and private enterprise. Mort Andrews watches while the Mayor of Palmerston North, Brian Elwood, fills his car with Compressed Natural Gas at the official opening of the fuelling station.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Bc 178
Date
March 31, 1981
Digitisation ID
2009P_Bc178_BUI_2599
Held In
Coolstore

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Taxonomy

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buildings,
business,
car,
cng,
engine,
motor vehicle,
palmerston north city council,
photographs,
pncc,
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