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Description

The Miranui Flaxmill was the largest flaxmill built in New Zealand, in 1907. The dining room is in front, with rows of sleeping huts behind. At its height in 1926 the mill employed about 300 men.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Fx 15
Date
circa 1907
Digitisation ID
2007P_Fx15_FLA_0613
Held In
Coolstore

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Taxonomy

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agriculture,
bunk house,
flax industry,
hemp,
photographs,
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Related items

'Miranui' Flaxmill locomotive crossing the Tokomaru Stream, near Shannon
Miranui Flaxmill, near Shannon
Scutching the fibre, Miranui Flaxmill, near Shannon
Workers at Miranui Flaxmill, near Shannon
Gas engine, Miranui Flaxmill, near Shannon
Engine room, Miranui Flaxmill, near Shannon
Miranui Flaxmill paddocks, near Shannon
Flax fibre being transported from Miranui Flaxmill, near shannon
Stripping machine at work, Miranui Flaxmill, near Shannon
Seifert's Oroua Bridge flaxmill
Cartloads of dried fibre in paddocks, Foxton
Paddockers laying down flax to dry, Foxton