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Child Brothers Ltd, Carriers and Fuel Merchants, was established in 1919 by Edward G Child and his sons, W J Child & E W H Child. They opened the metal crushing depot and plant at the end of Albert Street near the Manawatu River c1927. The business later became known as Child Metal Ltd.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Bc 152
Date
circa 1960
Digitisation ID
2009P_Bc152_BUI_2564
Held In
Coolstore

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Albert Street, Palmerston North

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