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E G Child was an engine driver at flaxmills in the vicinity of Oroua Bridge. Albert Adsett's mill was situated alongside the main road from Palmerston North to Foxton. It stood on the south side of the road, a few yards on the Palmerston North side of Bourke's Drain. Albert was a son of Henry Adsett, of Taonui.

Identification

Object type
Image
Digitisation ID
2014N_Ti31_009129
Title
Albert Adsett's Sawmill, near Oroua Bridge
Held In
Coolstore
Original held in
Public Photograph Collection Ti 31
Date
1907-06-08

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Place
Rangiotu, Manawatu

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Taxonomy

Tags
bush,
industry,
lumber,
rural towns and life,
saw,
timber,
tree felling,
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