
Transporting flax by barge, Manawatu River, approx 1900
Object type:Image
- Description
Flax industry workers on a barge loaded with flax on the Manawatu River [probobly near Foxton]. Two horse-drawn carts are in the river, and a steam launch is tied up on the far side of the barge. Photograph taken ca 1900s by Louis John Daroux.
From the Alexander Turnbull Library online at: (http://mp.natlib.govt.nz/detail/?id=56168)
Identification
- Date
- 1900s
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