This piece of equipment appears to be a portable well digger. Richardson Drilling Co Ltd was founded in 1925 by Thomas Harold Richardson, as a water well contractor. The business was originally located at 37 Ferguson Street, which was renumbered over the years to 101 Ferguson Street, then 91 Ferguson Street, and then until at least 2010 the business was located at 2 Mihaere Drive, Palmerston North.

T H Richardson and Sons welldrilling rig, Palmerston North
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Digitisation ID
- 2011G_ELMAR-2-B3_005157
- Title
- T H Richardson and Sons welldrilling rig, Palmerston North
- Relation
- CA: Elmar Negative Collection
- Held In
- Coolstore
Creation
- Created By
- Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
- Place
- Palmerston North
- Date
- circa 1946
Object rights
- Credit Line
- Palmerston North City Library
- License
- Attribution + NonCommercial
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