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Winnowing machine

Winnowing machine

Winnowing machine

Winnowing machines were introduced in the late 1910s. These portable, engine-driven contraptions could achieve around 80% purity in sifting out gum chips – a big improvement over winnowing by hand. These two machines were used at Ahipara between 1910 and 1919.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: 1/1-009785; F
Photograph by Arthur James Northwood

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.




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