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Three men stand with a steam shovel bucket for use with the Marion Steam Shovel machine. It was built at Jas J Niven and Co Ltd workshop in Church street, Palmerston North, for used in the construction of the Milson Railway deviation. On the right is Bill Minto, who built the bucket.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Rmil 14
Date
circa 1928 to circa 1929
Digitisation ID
2014N_RMil14_007853
Held In
Coolstore

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Place
Palmerston North

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engineering,
james,
photographs,
railways,
workers,
young men,
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