A traction engine hauling felled trees. This traction engine [ see 2014N_Stu4_009085] has been temporarily converted to run on rails. The large back wheels have been removed and a chain taken from the drive gear via chain to the wheels of the r...
Creator: Charles E. Wildbore
Place: Pohangina
Date: circa 1910
W H Foot's sawmill at the top of Forest Hill Road, Fitzherbert East, was probably the last mill operating on the northern Tararuas. It was erected in 1920 and operated until about 1927. The mill was situated on what is now Mr Don Scott's property....
Creator: Unknown
Place: Forest Hill Road, Aokautere, Palmerston North
Date: 1920
Three men posing inside a hollowed out section of a tree trunk. They are probably bush fellers.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Unknown
Date: 1900s
Left to right: Geoffrey Buckman, David Prince, E Miller, H Buckanan [Buchanan?] and C Miller. Another figure (unidentified) sits on top of the log. The totara is 12 feet through and about 60 feet long. This photograph was taken on C M Miller's far...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Apiti
Date: 1903
This is a standing chop, with four men standing on the planks wedged into the tree trunk. This photograph was possibly taken on C M Miller's farm at Apiti. The men are unidentified.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Apiti
Date: 1900 to 1910
A milling gang felling trees (likely kahikatea) for Cook's timber mill. They have a steam powered winch to haul trees.
The reverse reads: "Bush mill scene up main trunk line"
Creator: Unknown
Place: Manawatū
Date: 1920s
These men are involved in bush felling across the river from the small settlement at Komako.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Pohangina Valley
Date: circa 1890 to circa 1899
This picture shows the "scarf" being cut in the trunk of the tree by an axeman, while the two men at the rear operate a cross-cut saw. The donor stated that these men (all unidentified) were employed at Climo and Eggers' Sawmill at Waituna West. T...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Waituna West
Date: circa 1908