Macdonald & Company Limited digger

Object detail

Accession number

10-0551

Maker

W. Bergman

Production period

20th Century

Description

The right side of a piece of wheeled machinery that could be used for agricultural or gravel digging purposes. Along the base of the body is Macdonald & Co. Ltd with Booth Pre Heater on the larger front wheels. There appear to be lines anchoring the machinery at the back. The wheeled base has a higher wooden platform. At the rear is a wheeled assembly rising to half the height of the forward assembly. The forward assembly is set at an angle with a mesh drum shaped attachment at the top. The end is set into a hole in the ground and may be used to raise earth or vegetables to the drum attachment.

Marks

W. Bergman.
Photographe.r
74 Grafton Rd.
Auckland. Ink Stamp

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Paper/Photographic

Physical description

1 photograph : ; 16 x 21 cm.

Credit Line

W. Bergman. Macdonald & Company Limited digger, 10-0551. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

Production place

Auckland
New Zealand

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Classification

Photograph Print, Photographic Communication Artefacts Documentary Artefacts Graphic Documents

Subject

Machinery Agriculture file General Collection Agricultural machinery Mining machinery

Collection type

Pictorial Walsh Memorial Library

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