Ellis & Burnand Ltd Manunui sawmill
Object type
Photograph
Production date
Circa 1949
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Description
A diesel Caterpillar engine being installed at the veneer works at Manunui. Engineer basil Maud stands at left.
Accession number
HCL_07514
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Comments
This is Ellis Veneer's Washington log hauler converted to diesel at Manunui mill c1949. See "Logging the Punga" by Audrey Walker & Ron Cooke, Taumarunui & Districts Historical Society, 2021, page 336.
- Kevin Crosado
Posted on 22-08-2022 05:02:14
Thank you Kevin. The authors of the book, including Ken Anderson whose manuscript they turned into the book we now have, added a great deal of detailed information which we didn't have in our records. Thanks for letting us know.
- Perry Rice - Hamilton City Libraries
Posted on 29-08-2022 01:58:39