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Description

A steam launch is towing a punt load of flax from the Moutoa Swamp to a flaxmill in the borough of Foxton.

Identification

Object type
Image
Date
1910 to 1912
Digitisation ID
2007N_Fx31_FLA_0622
Held In
Coolstore

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Taxonomy

Tags
boat,
flax industry,
hemp,
photographs,
raft,
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Passengers on punt on the Manawatu River at Ashhurst
Flax mills on the riverbank at Foxton
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Seifert's Oroua Bridge flaxmill
Cartloads of dried fibre in paddocks, Foxton
Paddockers laying down flax to dry, Foxton
Barry Huff cutting flax, Moutoa Estate
E G Halidone & A Wallbutton stripping flax by machine.
Employees of King & Baker's Emu flax mill, Foxton
Flax workers camp, Tokomaru
Unloading flax from punts at Foxton