The Libertyland factory in Grey Street was opened in 1934 by Mr F.F. Young, NZ representative of R & W H Symington & Co Ltd., Wellington. Originally an English company with an ahead office in Market Harborough, it was first established in 1856. Mr...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Corner of Roy Street and Tremaine Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1948
Staff of an unidentified flax mill.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Manawatu
Date: circa 1902
Miranui Flaxmill was owned by A & L Seifert Flaxmilling Company Ltd and opened in 1907. This view looks eastwards with the Tararua Ranges in the background. the flax, sourced from the swamp, was taken by tram to the mill for processing.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Shannon, Horowhenua Region
Date: circa 1907
Miranui Flaxmill, which opened in 1907, was owned by A & L Seifert Flaxmilling Company Ltd. Here some of their 450 acres of drying fields are under flood.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Horowhenua Region
Date: circa 1914
The Miranui Flaxmill was the largest flaxmill built in New Zealand, in 1907. Flax fibre is bleaching in the paddocks, while bales of hemp are being transported by horse and cart to Shannon where it would be transported by rail to Wellington. the c...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Horowhenua Region
Date: circa 1907
The Miranui Flaxmill was reputed to be the largest of its kind in the world when opened in 1907. It was owned by A & L Seifert Flaxmilling Company Ltd. This picture shows the height the river got to in the "Old Man Flood".
Creator: Unknown
Place: Horowhenua Region
Date: circa 1914
Staff of an unidentified Flaxmill, thought to be at or near Foxton. The photograph includes flax leaves, dried fibre and bales of flax, branded with 'JTO".
Creator: Jack Anderson
Place: Horowhenua Region
Date: circa 1902
The Miranui Flaxmill was owned by A & L Seifert Flax Company Ltd and opened in November 1907. This view of the Makerua Swamp area shows a steam driven tram on the tracks, to deliver a load of flax to the mill.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Shannon, Horowhenua Region
Date: circa 1907
A view looking eastwards over the Makerua Swamp area owned by the A & L Seifert Flax Milling Company Limited. The tramway carried the cut flax to the mill for processing.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Shannon, Manawatu
Date: circa 1907
The Miranui Flaxmill, near Shannon, was the largest flaxmill built in New Zealand, in 1907. The stripping machine was a cast iron drum, with beaters attached, which revolved about 2000x a minute. It removed the green outer part, to reveal the flax...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Near Shannon, Horowhenua Region
Date: circa 1910
Mr J Tennant had the suspension bridge built to serve his flaxmill situated on the Oroua River near Rangiotu. He sold the mill to R. Bell in 1912. Tennant's Flaxmill was out of the photograph to the left.
Creator: Ernest Denton
Place: Oroua, Horowhenua Region
Date: circa 1910
Miranui Flaxmill, owned by A & L Seifert Flaxmilling Company Ltd, was opened 16 November 1907 by the Hon, Robert McNab (Minister of Lands and Agriculture). The man on the far right is the mill cook, known as ‘Immortal Phipps’. Miranui Flax mill...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Shannon, Horowhenua Region
Date: November 16, 1907
Staff stand outside the scutching shed of the Emu Flaxmill in Harbour Street, Foxton. Three other flaxmills and Foxton wharf are also visible in the background.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Harbour Street, Foxton, Manawatu
Date: circa 1902
The flaxmill is thought to be in Foxton.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Foxton, Manawatu
Date: circa 1902
Oliver Austin’s Flaxmill was located in Harbour Street, Foxton.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Harbour Street, Foxton, Manawatu
Date: circa 1902
Oliver Austin’s flaxmill was located in Harbour Street, Foxton.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Harbour Street, Foxton, Manawatu
Date: circa 1902
The Miranui Flaxmill was owned by A & L Seifert Company Ltd, and opened in 1907. This 5 ton locomotive was used to haul the trucks of flax from the swamp to the mill. The locomotive did not prove successful on swamp ground and was replaced by horses.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Tokomaru, Horowhenua Region
Date: 1907
Miranui Flaxmill was owned by A & L Seifert Flaxmilling Company Ltd and opened in 1907. This view is taken from the railway, looking east towards the Tararua Ranges. The scutching shed is the white building on the left in the background; the shipp...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Tokomaru, Horowhenua Region
Date: circa 1910
The mill was situated about a quarter of a mile north of Nannestead Road, and one and half miles north of Bunnythorpe.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Nannestead Road, Bunnythorpe
Date: 1878
Miranui Flaxmill was owned by A & L Seifert Flaxmilling Company Ltd and opened in 1907. This view is of the bleaching paddocks behind the main mill buildings. Here the fibre was bleached for 4-6 days before being scutched and baled. The man in t...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Horowhenua Region
Date: circa 1907
The Miranui Flaxmill, near Shannon, was the largest built in New Zealand, in 1907. Workers stand beside two gas engines which drove the scutching machines at the mill.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Horowhenua Region
Date: circa 1907
This T-stripper flaxmill, owned by A. & L. Seifert Flaxmilling Company Ltd. was said to be the largest of its kind in the world when it opened in 1907.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Horowhenua Region
Date: July 1907
The Miranui Flaxmill was the largest flaxmill built in New Zealand, in 1907. The view looks across the water reservoir to the rear of the stripping shed. Outside can be seen the rows of hanks which have been stripped and washed. These will be left...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Horowhenua Region
Date: circa 1907 to circa 1910
The Miranui Flaxmill, near Shannon, was the largest flaxmill built in New Zealand, in 1907. The scutching machine is the boxlike arrangement on the right comprising of six revolving wooden beaters to beat out any loose vegetable matter in the hank...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Horowhenua Region
Date: circa 1907
Miranui Flaxmill was owned by A & L Seifert Flaxmilling Company Ltd and opened in 1907. It was reputed to be the largest of its kind in the world.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Horowhenua Region
Date: circa 1915
The Miranui Flaxmill, near Shannon, was the largest flaxmill built in New Zealand, in 1907. The view shows the bleaching paddocks, where flax hung on drying fences and lay on ground to dry. Stacks were also used for drying. Part of the scutching s...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Horowhenua Region
Date: circa 1907
The Miranui Flax Mill was reputed to be the largest of its kind in the world when opened in 1907. It was owned by A & L Seifert Flaxmilling Company Ltd and in 1926 employed about 300 people.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Horowhenua Region
Date: 1909
A & L Seifert established Miranui Flaxmill in 1907. This locomotive was used for hauling trucks of flax from the Makerua Swamp to the Miranui Flaxmill. Miranui was the only mill in New Zealand to use a locomotive for hauling flax, but the engine p...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Horowhenua Region
Date: 1907
The Miranui Flaxmill, near Shannon, was the largest flaxmill built in New Zealand, in 1907. A worker with the “Tangye” suction gas engines, two of which were used for driving the seven stripping machines at the mill.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Horowhenua Region
Date: circa 1907
The Miranui Flax Mill was reputed to be the largest of its kind in the world when opened in 1907. It was owned by A & L Seifert Flaxmilling Company Ltd and in 1926 employed about 300 workers.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Horowhenua Region
Date: 1909