'Miranui' Flaxmill locomotive crossing the Tokomaru Stream, near Shannon
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The locomotive and tramlines, owned and operated by A & L Seifert’s Flaxmilling Company, were employed hauling trucks of flax from the Makerua swamp to the huge Miranui flaxmill, eatblished 1907. Miranui was the only mill in New Zealand to use a locomotive for hauling flax, but the engine proved too heavy for the swampy ground and was soon replaced by teams of horses.
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Relation
- Public Photograph Collection Fx 91
- Date
- circa 1908
- Digitisation id
- 2007N_Fx91_FLA_0636
- Held in
- Coolstore
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Creation
- Created By
- Unknown
- Place
- Miranui, Shannon, Horowhenua
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- License
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