Flax mills on the riverbank at Foxton

Description

This photograph was taken from the slopes of Ferry Hill (now Seaview Gardens), at the corner of Union and Harbour Streets. Includes Leven & Co’s “Hemp Grading and Wool Stores” (large multi-gabled building in the distance) and NZ shipping Company’s Hemp Grading Store on the corner of Wharf Street and Harbour Street (far right in distance).

Identification

Date

1912

Digitisation id

2017P_Fx49_022156

Held in

Coolstore