Case 450' digger
This photograph may have been taken for use in an advertisement or trade publication.
Creator: John Cleland
Digger loading tree stump onto truck
This image is part of the Frank Goldingham collection and was possibly taken for Photorama pictorial magazine in the second quarter of 1960. It may have been published in an edition not currently held by the Ian Matheson City Archives.
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Date: 1960
"Pit" improvements underway - Terrace End School
Date: 1984
Excavator
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 20 February 1958, page 7: "The city's new multi-purpose excavator, one of five in use in New Zealand at the moment, but the only one owned by a private contractor."
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: February 20, 1958
A Horse-drawn Road Grader
This grader was owned by the Kairanga County Council and used on their roads. The exact locality of this photograph is unknown. Mr Jack Findlay is standing on the grader.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Unknown - Manawatu
Date: circa 1914 to circa 1918
Widening road on Lombard Street
This photograph ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard, 30 October 1961 with the caption: "Lombard Street will soon be less congested. City Council employees, aided by heavy machinery, are tearing up the grass verge and at the same time adding an ex...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Lombard Street, Palmerston North
Date: October 30, 1961
Reconstructing the road to Foxton Beach
This photograph looks south-westward towards Foxton beach and shows the reconstruction of a swampy area. The Barber-Green bucket excavator can be seen excavating peat and flax from the side of the old roadway. the contractor is V. Lumbye of Foxton.
Creator: L C Eggers
Place: Horowhenua Region
Date: 1938
Nivens Tractor
A Niven Engineering built shovel fixed to this tractor shifts coal at the Palmerston North Gas Works.
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1940s
Nivens Tractor
A Niven Engineering built shovel fixed to this tractor built by W.G. Co. Wellington is used to shift coal at the Palmerston North Gas Works.
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1940s
Nivens Tractor
The driver of this tractor built by W.G. Co. Wellington, pauses for a photograph opportunity whilst shifting coal at the Palmerston North Gas Works.
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1940s
Construction of Fitzroy Park cycle track
Originally a metal pit for New Zealand Railways, this land was purchased by the City Council in 1940 for a park development. The eastern end was developed into a cycle track, sports arena and skating rink between 1951 – 1954. Mitchell Excavators w...
Creator: Mitchell Excavators
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1951 to 1954
Awapuni Metal Pit
This gravel pit was situated in Maxwell's Line between the Awapuni Hospital and Racecourse Road. The area was vested in the Palmerston North Road Board by NZ Gazette of 24/12/1884 (p 1742) 'in trust as a gravel pit'. Ownership transferred to the n...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1915 to circa 1916
Reconstructing the Road to Foxton Beach
This photograph looks south-westward towards Foxton beach and shows the reconstruction of a swampy area. The Barber-Green bucket excavator can be seen excavating peat and flax from the side of the old roadway.
Creator: L C Eggers
Place: Horowhenua Region
Date: 1938
Child Brothers metal crushing depot and plant during flood, Albert Street
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 ...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1953
Hoffman Kiln Working Bee
Built in 1904, the Hoffman Kiln in Featherston Street East, Palmerston North, New Zealand, is a Category One heritage building. This working bee brought together many members of the community with an interest in the preservation of the kiln. Volun...
Creator: Heather Glasgow
Date: July 31, 2016
Hoffman Kiln Working Bee
Built in 1904, the Hoffman Kiln in Featherston Street East, Palmerston North, New Zealand, is a Category One heritage building. This working bee brought together many members of the community with an interest in the preservation of the kiln. Volun...
Creator: Heather Glasgow
Date: July 31, 2016
Hoffman Kiln Working Bee
Built in 1904, the Hoffman Kiln in Featherston Street East, Palmerston North, New Zealand, is a Category One heritage building. This working bee brought together many members of the community with an interest in the preservation of the kiln. Volun...
Creator: Heather Glasgow
Date: July 31, 2016
Construction of Fitzroy Park cycle track
Originally a metal pit for New Zealand Railways, this land was purchased by the City Council in 1940 for a park development. The eastern end was developed into a cycle track, sports arena and skating rink between 1951 – 1954. Mitchell Excavators w...
Creator: Mitchell Excavators
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1951 to 1954
Demolition of All Saints' Children's Home, 74 Pascal Street
The site of All Saints' Children's Home, at 74 Pascal Street, Palmerston North, following demolition.
Creator: Tina White
Place: 74 Pascal Street, Palmerston North
Date: circa 2014
Hoffman Kiln Working Bee
Built in 1904, the Hoffman Kiln in Featherston Street East, Palmerston North, New Zealand, is a Category One heritage building. This working bee brought together many members of the community with an interest in the preservation of the kiln. Volun...
Creator: Heather Glasgow
Date: July 31, 2016
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