This photograph looks up river from A. King & Co.’s Mills on the riverbank in Harbour Street. There are six Mills in this photograph: 1. “Foxton Mill”, A. King & Co. in left foreground, with flax being unloaded from punt; 2. “Star Mill”, G. Coley in left centre, with tall chimney. The steam launch “Planet” with punt, can be seen unloading flax at the jetty of this mill; 3. “Whitaunui Mill”, J. Rose, in centre background, directly in line with the funnel of steam launch “Planet”; 5. “Kowhai Mill”; 6. “Matipo Mill” is in the far right background, with several buildings showing. These Mills were owned by Bock & Coley.
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Unloading flax from punts at Foxton
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Date
- 1912
- Digitisation ID
- 2011N_Fx50_004636
- Held In
- Coolstore
Creation
- Created By
- George W Anderson
- Place
- Manawatu
Object rights
- License
- No Known Restrictions
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