Vulcan Foundry, Hastings Street, Napier
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About this object
Carte-de-visite with a view of the Vulcan Foundry, Hastings Street, Napier, thought to have been taken in 1881. A group of people pose for the photograph in front of the the building.
Photographer, unknown.
Date, 1881.
Photographer, unknown.
Date, 1881.
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Carte-de-visite with a black and white photograph mounted on card.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Photograph: Height x Width: 59 x 97mm
Mount: Height x Width: 63 x 103mm
Mount: Height x Width: 63 x 103mm
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Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
1881
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 655
Other number(s)
50/139, 655, 83128
Accession number
50/139
Public comments
My great great grandfather John Garry (born Durham England) is reported in his obituary in March 1890 (in Paper's Past) that he established the Vulcan Foundry, having settled in Hawkes Bay approximately 35 years before his death. Paper's Past reproduced an advert in the Hawkes Bay Herald on 5th December 1880 for a "Good General Smith" and to apply for the job to John Garry, Vulcan Foundry, Napier. Paper's Past also reproduced an advert in the Hawkes Bay Herald on 28 December 1885 that Vulcan Foundry were the "makers of "Speedy's" Wool Press and "John Garry's" Double geared wool press with latest improvements and now celebrated as the BEST WOOL PRESS in the Australasian colonies" with John Garry having invented and I believe patented a better wool press opening and closing mechanism. John Garry was also known in Napier for sinking Artesian Wells in the period between 1860 and 1890.
- Adele Garry posted 3 years ago.