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This photo shows a line of horse-drawn trams loaded with flax, standing on the bank of the Manawatu River. The bundles of flax have been hauled to the riverbank from the adjacent swamp and are ready for transportation to a flax mill in Foxton.

Identification

Object type
Image
Date
1912
Digitisation ID
2007N_Fx30_FLA_0621
Held In
Coolstore

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