Palmer, John :Photographs of the steel industry

Date
[1910-1945]
By
New Zealand Steel Ltd
Reference
PAColl-2253
Description

Photographs relating to the steel industry in New Zealand. Includes many taken at Onekaka Iron and Steel Company Ltd, Golden Bay.

Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-147618 to 147709

Quantity: 91 b&w copy negative(s). 91 b&w copy photographic print(s). 79 b&w original photographic print(s).

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91 b&w copy negative(s), 91 b&w copy photographic print(s), 79 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs
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Gas producing coke retort, Onekaka Iron and Steel Company, Golden Bay

Date: [between 1928-1930]

From: Palmer, John :Photographs of the steel industry

Reference: PAColl-2253-42

Description: Gas producing coke retort (furnace) using Westport coal, Onekaka Iron and Steel Company, Golden Bay, 1920 or 1921. Photographer unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Notes accompanying PAColl-2253 reading: "Gas producing coke retort using Westport coal gas used for air reheating 1928/30" Gas was used for air pre-heating. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 14.5 x 8.4 cm

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Power station with dam generator, Onekaka Iron and Steel Company, Golden Bay

Date: [192-?]

From: Palmer, John :Photographs of the steel industry

Reference: PAColl-2253-45

Description: Power station at Onekaka Iron and Steel Company, Golden Bay, 1920 or 1921, run from the Company's dam generator (in the foreground). Photographer unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Notes accompanying PAColl-2253 reading: "Power station at Onekaka run from our dam generator in foreground" Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 14.4 x 8.6 cm

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Charcoal burners, New Zealand

Date: [ca1912]

From: Palmer, John :Photographs of the steel industry

Reference: 1/2-147685-F

Description: Three charcoal burners stand on one side of a cone-shaped pile of logs. Photographed by an unknown photographer in about 1912. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 12.5 x 10 cm Finding Aids: A print is held in the Photograph Archive at reference PAColl-2253..

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Pipe plant, Onekaka Iron and Steel Company, Golden Bay

Date: [ca 1928]

From: Palmer, John :Photographs of the steel industry

Reference: PAColl-2253-32

Description: Pipe plant, Onekaka Iron and Steel Company, Golden Bay, 1920 or 1921. Shows workers with mallets. Photographer unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Notes accompanying PAColl-2253 reading: "Overall view of pipe plant Onekaka abt 1928" Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 8.5 x 14.5 cm

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Terminus of ore ropeway, Onekaka Iron and Steel Company, Golden Bay

Date: [192-?]

From: Palmer, John :Photographs of the steel industry

Reference: PAColl-2253-33

Description: Terminus of ore ropeway at the Onekaka Iron and Steel Company, Golden Bay, circa 1920s. Photographer unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Notes accompanying PAColl-2253. Date estimated by cataloguer in relation to other items in the collection. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 8.5 x 14.4 cm

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At Onekaka Iron and Steel Company, Golden Bay

Date: [192-?]

From: Palmer, John :Photographs of the steel industry

Reference: PAColl-2253-18-2-1

Description: Unidentified men operating electrical equipment at the Onekaka Iron and Steel Company, Golden Bay, circa 1920s. Photographer unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Library client, 2007. Date estimated by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic print, 13.1 x 7.7 (approx, unevenly trimmed)

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Preparing to break pigs, Onekaka Iron and Steel Company, Golden Bay

Date: [1920 or 1921]

From: Palmer, John :Photographs of the steel industry

Reference: PAColl-2253-38

Description: Preparing to break pigs, Onekaka Iron and Steel Company, Golden Bay, 1920 or 1921. Shows workers with mallets. Photographer unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Notes accompanying PAColl-2253. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 8.4 x 13.7 cm

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Colin Newman, Onekaka Iron and Steel Company, Golden Bay

Date: [192-?]

From: Palmer, John :Photographs of the steel industry

Reference: PAColl-2253-18-1-3

Description: Colin Newman in the laboratory of the Onekaka Iron and Steel Company, Golden Bay, circa 1920s. Photographer unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Library client, 2007. Date estimated by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic print, 10.8 x 8.1 cm

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Charcoal burners, New Zealand

Date: [ca1912]

From: Palmer, John :Photographs of the steel industry

Reference: 1/2-147684-F

Description: Two charcoal burners stand on each side of a cone-shaped pile of wood. In the background can be seen another, mounded over with earth. Piles of logs line the right-hand side of the view, and remains of native trees in cleared land can be seen in the background. Photographed by an unknown photographer in about 1912. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 12.5 x 10 cm Finding Aids: A print is held in the Photograph Archive at reference PAColl-2253..

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Test rig for pipes, Onekaka Iron and Steel Company, Golden Bay

Date: [192-?]

From: Palmer, John :Photographs of the steel industry

Reference: PAColl-2253-39

Description: Test rig for pipes, Onekaka Iron and Steel Company, Golden Bay, circa 1920s. Photographer unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Notes accompanying PAColl-2253. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 8.1 x 14 cm