Photograph, 5 of 16, Mataura Paper Mill Album [No. 4 Machine, Wet End]; unknown ...
Photograph, 5 of 16, Mataura Paper Mill Album [No. 4 Machine, Wet End]
About this object
Photograph; 5 of 16 from an album of black and white photographs taken in the 1920s and 1930s showing various aspects of the Mataura Paper Mill. This photograph was taken in 1924 or 1925 and shows the Wet End of the Mill's number 4 machine. The label reads:
'View of the No. 4 machine, wet end, showing suction and back-water pumps, wire table and deckle straps, press couch rolls etc. Driven by a Bellis Twin Cylinder steam engine about 250 HP. Rope drive to the counter-shaft, flat belts thereafter'.
New Zealand, South Island, Southland, Mataura
Maker Maker RolePhotographer
Date Made1924-1925
Techniqueprinted
Measurements
h 150mm x w 200mm
small
photograph, black and white
Object Type Subject and Association Keywords Medium and Materialsprocessed material, paper
Credit LineFrom the collection of the Mataura and Districts Historical Society Incorporated.
Object numberMT2012.137.5
Rights