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Written on back with blue ballpoint pen: ” Barclay Engine hauling wagons laden with green flax leaves over Tokomaru River.”

Barclay saddle tank steam engine hauling wagons of green flax leaves from the swamp to the Miranui mill, pauses while crossing the Tokomaru River.

1 B&W photo print copy, mounted

Any use of this image must be accompanied by the credit “Horowhenua Historical Society Inc.”

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flaxmilling,
hhs mounted photograph collection,
horowhenua (near shannon),
train bridge river,
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