Underneath the battery-power lamplights of Akld street...

Object detail

Accession number

02/085/002

Maker

The Auckland Star

Description

Memories of Mr Roy Smyth, manufacturing engineer, regarding power generation in Auckland from the steam engines at Kings Wharf to joining the national grid in 1928. Hand written note saying "our 'A' and 'B' B & M engines came from this power station"

Signature/Marks and Type

Our 'A' & 'B' B & M engines came from this power station Hand-written

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Paper

Physical description

1 sheet : illustrations ; 63 cm

Record level

Item

Credit line

The Auckland Star. 06 Apr 1971. Underneath the battery-power lamplights of Akld street..., 02/085/002. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

Current rights

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Classification

Clipping Clipping, Newspaper Communication Artefacts Documentary Artefacts Other Documents

Production place

Auckland New Zealand

Subject: all levels

Steam-engines Steam power plants Auckland Electric Power Board Electrical engineers Electric Power Electricity Chelsea Sugar Refinery Limited

Collection type

Ephemera and manuscripts Walsh Memorial Library

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