Penciled on back: “Machinery in Brown’s mill, 1916, ‘Paetawa’ Waikanae. In 1915 old steam engine caught fire and was destroyed. This is the new gas suction engine. A.A. Brown set up mill about 1900 on 400 acres of flax. Each patch left for 4 years between cuttings. In 1920’s swamps drained for faster growth and yellow leaf disease attacked plant roots. Mill closed in 1927.”
A Gas Suction Engine at Brown’s Flax Mill, Waikanae in 1916.
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