
Child Brothers metal crushing depot and plant during flood, Albert Street
- Description
An aerial view of Child Brothers metal crushing plant during the great flood of 1953. Child Brothers Ltd, Carriers and Fuel Merchants, was established in 1919 by Edward G Child and his sons, W J Child & E W H Child. They opened the metal crushing depot and plant at the end of Albert Street near the Manawatu River c1927. The business later became known as Child Metal Ltd.
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Date
- 1953
- Digitisation ID
- 2009N_Bc150_BUI_ 2402
- Held In
- Coolstore