Electrical engineering - New Zealand - Auckland Region
Interview with Jim Robinson
Date: 14 September 2011 - 14 Sep 2011
From: Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ) Engineering New Zealand oral history project
By: La Roche, John Charles, 1937-; La Roche, Sue, active 1940s-2011; Robinson, Winsbury James, 1921-
Reference: OHInt-0965-09
Description: Interview with Jim Robinson, conducted 14 September 2011. Interviewee discusses his childhood, education, and his service in the Royal New Zealand Air Force during the second world war and training as a pilot. The interview also discusses university study, working on a transmission line from Bunnythorpe to Haywards, and working at the Auckland Electric Power Board (AEPB), and various projects, such as the reticulation of Waiheke Island. Also discusses his work for the Fiji Electrical Authority in the early 1970s. Abstracted by - John La Roche Interviewer(s) - John La Roche Interviewer(s) - Sue La Roche Quantity: 1 interview(s). 1 Electronic document(s) Microsoft Word files. 1 digital sound recording(s) digital sound recording(s). 1 digital photograph(s) Jpeg file. 1 printed abstract(s). 1.59 Hours and minutes Duration. Physical Description: Sound files - Wave files; textual files - Microsoft Word Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete. Search dates: 1900 - 2011 Number of interviews/events: 1
Photographs promoting A & G Price, it's services and manufacturing capability
Date: 1968
From: Cable Price Downer :Photographs relating to A & G Price Ltd
Reference: PAColl-8260-2
Description: Photographs promoting A & G Price, its services and manufacturing capability. Included is the Auckland Head Office building; products and the assembly shop in the Auckland Electrical section; Iron, steel and other metal products from the firm's Thames works which also show interiors with products under construction; projects such as Haywards substation and a wood preparation plant for Tasman Pulp and Paper which incorporate A & G Price's products. Quantity: 27 b&w original photographic print(s).
Photographs of products manufactured by A & G Price Ltd and Price Norsteel Fabricators ...
Date: [ca 1968]
From: Cable Price Downer :Photographs relating to A & G Price Ltd
Reference: PAColl-8260-4
Description: Photographs of products manufactured by A & G Price Ltd and Price Norsteel Fabricators Ltd. Included are images of a fishing trawler under construction, a conveyor system for a cement factory, a floating crane for Auckland Harbour, diesel locomotives, a serpentine dryer for the fertilizer industry, rail wagons, a log rolling deck for Tasman Pulp and Paper, a Walrich Coberg open sided hydraulic planing machine, and an hydraulic press. There are also aerial views of A & G Price Ltd's factory at Thames, and Price Norsteel's heavy fabrication shops. Factory interiors of both companies show work in progress. Quantity: 33 b&w original photographic print(s).
Photographs used in a presentation to Kaiser Engineers Inc
Date: 1968-1969
From: Cable Price Downer :Photographs relating to A & G Price Ltd
Reference: PAColl-8260-1
Description: Photographs of electrical equipment supplied by A & G Price for thermal power stations, New Zealand Steel, the Turangi Power Scheme, Tasman Pulp and Paper Co Ltd, and views of electronic machinary being worked on in the firm's Auckland Electrical Section's assembly shop. Included in the documentation are the Cable Price Downer Annual Report for 1968, an A & G Price promotional publication "The World of A & G Price Ltd" (no publication date), and a publication "Cable Price Downer Group; activities and capabilities" (no publication date). These photographs with the accompanying documentation, form a presentation to Kaiser Engineers Inc which contains a resume of services available from A & G Price, and a statement of the firm's capability and experience. This was related to A & G Price's interest in being considered for contracts for the Bluff Aluminium Smelter project. Quantity: 15 b&w original photographic print(s).