This photograph shows an old Model T Ford car with a well drilling machine attached. It is being operated by Ernest H King, assisted by Dave Love, on the Love property, Oxford Street, Ashhurst. They found gas in the well and needed to drill deeper...

Date:          1926 to 1935

[Photograph of an artesian bore spouting water from a pipe into a paddock.]

Image subsequently identified as being Richardson Drilling Co. Ltd.

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          November 1960

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 19 December 1962, "Well drillers this morning started drilling a 50ft test bore for the siting of the new offices of the Manawatu-Oroua Electric Power Board. Pictured i...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Corner of Cook and Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          December 19, 1962

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 04 April 1963, "Contractors today started drilling operations in the exploration for underground water supplies in the city. Bores will be drilled to some 400ft to 500ft...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Terrace End Park, Corner of Featherston Street and Ruahine Street, Palmerston North
Date:          April 3, 1963