This photograph shows a steam shovel being assembled. It will be used to create a stopbank.

Creator:      Hugh Akers [?]
Place:          Horowhenua Region
Date:          circa 1920

This photograph shows a steam shovel being used to create a stopbank. On the rear of the original photograph is written “Bank where highest will be 17 feet 2 inches. Breath is 5 times the height. Average height of bank, 8 feet. Dredge [is] abou...

Creator:      Hugh Akers [?]
Place:          Horowhenua Region
Date:          circa 1920

This photograph shows the assembly of the steam shovel used for building stop banks. Note the hanks of fibre drying in the foreground. This indicates that a flaxmill was operating in the vicinity (perhaps the Tane milling near the Opiki Suspensi...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Horowhenua Region
Date:          circa 1920