Palmerston North Gas staff members
Staff of Palmerston North Gas lined up up outside the Natural Gas Workshop and Store at 271 Ferguson Street, with vehicles.
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1989
Storeroom Interior
This storeroom contains shelves lined with a large number of batteries on the shelves. There are what appear to be two early battery chargers to the left.
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Palmerston North
Date: August 20, 1946
Palmerston North Gas Company horse and cart at railway yard, Main Street
The first Gasworks for Palmerston North were built by John Coates and Co. and opened in 1889. The Palmerston North Gas Company Ltd bought the Gasworks in 1891, and ran the operation until it was sold to the Palmerston North Borough Council in 1915...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1889 to 1914
Mangaore village, during construction of Mangahao hydro electric power scheme
One of a series taken by Charles Wildbore between 1922 - 1924, recording the construction of the Mangahao electric power scheme. Mangaore village was the headquarters of the project, with the large white building in the right-hand, middle distance...
Creator: Charles E Wildbore
Place: Horowhenua Region
Date: circa 1922
Gas holder at Gasworks, Napier Road
A new coal based Gasworks was opened by the Palmerston North Borough Council 21 December 1923, including a gasholder with a capacity of 500,000 cubic feet. The Gasworks went out of operation November 1970 when Palmerston North was connected to a p...
Creator: Whalley and Co., Crown Studios
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1923
Palmerston North Gasworks, corner of Main and Cook Streets
The first gasworks in Palmerston North was brought into operation on February 26, 1889, and was owned and operated by a private company, J B Coates and Col. Ltd, of Melbourne. In 1914 the gasworks was bought by the Borough Council, and in 1922 a n...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1889
Staff of first Gasworks, corner of Cook and Main Streets
The first Gasworks for Palmerston North were built by John Coates and Co. and opened in 1889. The Palmerston North Gas Company Ltd bought the Gasworks in 1891, and ran the operation until it was sold to the Palmerston North Borough Council in 1915...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: unknown
Gasworks, Napier Road
Shown here is the second gasworks, built by the Palmerston NorthBorough Council and opened 21 December 1923. The original gasworks were opened in 1889 on the corner of Cook and Main Streets. The Napier Road coal-based Gasworks went out of operati...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1960
Gas holder, Napier Road
Shown here is the gas holder at the second gasworks, built by the Palmerston North Borough Council and opened 21 December 1923. The original gasworks were opened in 1889 on the corner of Cook and Main Streets. The Napier Road coal-based Gasworks ...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1950
Palmerston North Gas Company employees, corner of Cook and Main Streets
The first Gasworks for Palmerston North were built by John Coates and Co. and opened in 1889. The Palmerston North Gas Company Ltd bought the Gasworks in 1891, and ran the operation until it was sold to the Palmerston North Borough Council in 1915...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1908
Construction of the Mangahao Electric Power Scheme
This photograph is part of a collection relating to the Mangahao Electric Power Scheme and its construction. After being delayed by the first world war construction began in late 1919 and the station opened in November 1924. The Scheme which provi...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Horowhenua Region
Date: circa 1924
Gasworks, Napier Road
Shown here is the second gasworks, built by the Palmerston North Borough Council and opened 21 December 1923. The original gasworks were opened in 1889 on the corner of Cook and Main Streets. The Napier Road coal-based Gasworks went out of operat...
Creator: L T
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1950
Flooding at the Gasworks, Napier Road
Shown here is the second gasworks, built by the Palmerston North Borough Council and opened 21 December 1923. The original gasworks were opened in 1889 on the corner of Cook and Main Streets. The Napier Road coal-based Gasworks went out of operat...
Creator: K H Shea
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1939
Construction of the Mangahao Electric Power Scheme
This photograph is part of a collection relating to the Mangahao Electric Power Scheme and its construction. After being delayed by WWI, construction began in late 1919 and the station opened in November 1924. The Scheme, which provides hydroelect...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Horowhenua Region
Date: May 2, 1923
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