More Info →Stacking flax at Miranui Flaxmill, near Shannon

Description

Miranui Flaxmill was owned by A & L Seifert Flaxmilling Company Ltd and opened in 1907. The photograph shows two men building a stack of bleached fibre in the paddocks adjacent to the mill buildings. As the scutching shed is full the Paddockers are stacking the hanks of bleached fibre into a stack about 12-16 feet high. Care was taken that the tails of the hanks faced outwards and the cone-shape of the stack ensured that water would be easily shed. In this way fibre would keep for several months with only the outer hanks becoming discoloured.

Identification

Object type

Image

Relation

Public Photograph Collection Fx24

Date

circa 1907

Digitisation ID

2011P_Fx24_004590

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