Casting is in progress at A F Martin Ltd as workmen pour liquid metal into moulds. A F Martin Ltd were engineers, grinders and gear cutters. They also erected and repaired machinery and made concrete posts, and manufactured 'Martins Concrete Mixers' and woodworking machinery (Wises Directory 1953). They were sited at 648-660 Main Street at the time of the photograph.

Casting at Martins Engineering Works
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Digitisation ID
- 2011N_ELMAR-1-B2_005080
- Title
- Casting at Martins Engineering Works
- Held In
- Coolstore
- Original held in
- CA: Elmar Negative Collection. Notebook 1: Fm 406
- Date
- 1945~
Creation
- Created By
- Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
- Place
- Palmerston North
Object rights
- License
- Attribution + NonCommercial
Taxonomy
- Community Tags
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