Flax drying at the Flax mill, 1956
1956 Drying flax, Flax mill, Foxton
Place: Foxton
Date: 1956
Flax mill.
Interior machinery at the Flax Mill.
Place: Foxton
Date: 1956
Weaving loom at the Flax Mill Factory
Place: Foxton
Date: 1956
Weaving loom at the Flax Mill Factory
Place: Foxton
Date: 1956
Three Flax Mills
The three flaxmills are 1. Foxton Mill of A King & Co in right background with white water tank. 2. Star Mill, G Coley in right centre with tall smokestack. 3. Ora Mill, H Greig in right foreground with flax stacked in yard.
Creator: George W Anderson
Place: Foxton, Manawatu
Date: circa 1910
Drying flax at Miranui Flaxmill, Shannon
The Miranui Flaxmill, situated on the railway line about 3 miles from Shannon, was established by the Seifert brothers and opened in November 1907 by the Minister of Lands, Hon. T. Duncan. At its peak in 1926, it had nine strippers and employed 30...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Horowhenua Region
Date: circa 1912
A Brief History of the Opiki Flax Industry (1902-1919)
A Brief History of the Opiki Flax Industry (1902-1919), compiled by Ian Matheson on the occasion of the closing of the Opiki Toll Bridge, 22 November 1969.
The document includes information pertaining to the Makerua Swamp, the flax fibre market, ...
Creator: Ian Matheson
Place: Opiki
Date: November 22, 1969
Research Notes - Miranui Flaxmill
Ian Matheson's research notes on the Miranui flaxmill. The mill, located just north of Shannon, was operated by the A & L Seifert Flaxmilling Company Ltd - a business partnership between brothers Alfred and Louis Siefert, and was the largest flaxm...
Creator: Ian Matheson
Place: Shannon
Date: June 14, 1964
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