Hancock, H J :Photographs of Hauraki Plains drainage scheme

Set of photographs of drainage operations on the Hauraki Plains. Spoil from the canal and ditch construction was used as foundation for roads so road construction is also shown. The photographs include two men hay harvesting in front of a small house, a man in a flax field, a dredge at work, the labourers' camp, boats moored at a jetty in Ngatea. Some of the photographs are captioned. Photographer unidentified.

Quantity: 47 b&w original photographic print(s).

Physical Description: Copy photographic prints

Provenance: Given to J H Christie by Dennis Hancock, the grandson of H J Hancock who created the collection.