Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC]: Ruatapu processing plant - operations, staff, and facilities
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Accession/Series
Description
This series consists of Ruatapu processing plant near Hokitika, personnel, areas of construction and machinery used
Date range
1964-1968
Format
Registration number
P9142
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![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC] - Ruatapu processing plant: 1968 Ruatapu processing plant, 11km south of Hokitika on SH6, West Coast; 1968; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5621/f460500fa7b9abc3d6a70ecc0b0bd132c8516f0d.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC] - Ruatapu processing plant: 1968 Ruatapu Processing Plant 11km south of Hokitika on SH6, West Coast; 1968; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5622/94013455b7628cc81bd29d8553b3fe434b5d76f3.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC] - Ruatapu processing plant: 1968 Storage area under construction; 1968; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5623/25779f9521c321cfd6e77ba20be5eaf43c83ddc6.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC] - Ruatapu processing plant: 1968 Treatment building; 1968; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5624/491703fcae88e1dbfd320aad7204e8959c3604a1.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC] - Ruatapu processing plant: 1968 Storage area under construction; 1968; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5625/7916986569da9ec2de9c960a7c637574314e281c.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC] - Ruatapu processing plant: 1968 Filleting section; 1968; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5626/8eeb6c08c0f4769f11f1d9ff157471e8cae9501c.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC] - Ruatapu processing plant: 1968 Sorting table & office; 1968; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5627/3346685126043876aec322008f3d082440d0a2f4.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC] - Ruatapu processing plant: 1968 Storage area under construction; 1968; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5628/d1eeaceaa221412ef7e1ccfd3d90004460537b0a.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC] - Ruatapu processing plant: 1968 Site Office in old house, railway siding & kerbing of roadway at new plant at Butler Bros; 1968; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5629/c87460c5d1caa0188a3e11d88ed92c75919a1ee7.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC] - Ruatapu processing plant: 1968 Framework of building in sorting yard with treatment plant building frame in background; 1968; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5630/a2e2c6c57edbe03414ec0d7326c12e65a3c68b4c.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC] - Ruatapu processing plant: 1968 Treatment plant building; 1968; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5631/be79424cedffaae86b386f02fb42691a5c4043a1.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC] - Ruatapu processing plant: 1964 Ross Mill (26km south of Hokitika on SH6 West Coast) - Loading peeler logs for Christchurch; 1964; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5632/04c78143abfe4f29c0bd2e205463fe99fd6de992.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC] - Ruatapu processing plant: 1968 Ruatapu, 11km south of Hokitika on SH6, West Coast; 1968; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5633/3cc05e39eac2e69ade32be18ee78ff485efbae28.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC] - Ruatapu processing plant: 1968 boiler house; 1968; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5634/9f2ce2b84756344db89d8b33e12833b312609dce.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC] - Ruatapu processing plant: 1968 Ruatapu, 11km south of Hokitika on SH6, West Coast; 1968; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5635/372a4bcff592b0b484e47f068e11e79db471cc30.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC] - Ruatapu processing plant: 1968 Ruatapu, 11km south of Hokitika on SH6, West Coast; 1968; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5636/264194d715cb5bb04114de36f877361d89ef8581.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC] - Ruatapu processing plant: 1964 Ruatapu mill - a brest-bench; 1964; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5637/fd38374164f27fb15e0f7fd90729c11e907f63a8.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC] - Ruatapu processing plant: 1964 Ruatapu mill - yard with mill in background; 1964; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5638/36707551a6311a5991311d27c5ac19ba5a9f22aa.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC] - Ruatapu processing plant: 1964 Ruatapu mill - fiddling; 1964; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5639/9b82c39587740c389c8959bf55aa19e32d2052b6.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC] - Ruatapu processing plant: 1964 Ruatapu Mill - logs coming up the slip; 1964; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5640/9b36681dbd93e5d4a19d60dfc19540ec0d3f34d5.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC] - Ruatapu processing plant: 1964 Ruatapu Mill Team (back l-r) K R Wilson; W G Bissell; J Albertson; J Freitas; W Russell; D Lorry; M Mcalliste; F Njatoro; K Fenemor; J Vroblfski; V Sheahan; (middle l-r) D Eager; W Haseldine; W Becker; J Schroder; W Ellis; E Fitzgibbon; (front l-r) M Whitiskie; C Bissell; J Howat; M Miller; C Utiger; H Wills; W Agnew; V Burroughs; P Breeze; J Davern; R Wilson; H Te A Mahuika; T Shaw; Mill Manager J Bissell;; 1964; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5641/c3343fdc5801fc9b5176082843c2fb13f6457826.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC] - Ruatapu processing plant: 1964 Ross Mill (26km south of Hokitika on SH6 West Coast) team - (back l-r) T Dick; C Detlaff; D Tainui; L Whelan; L McFarlane; B Waddell; R Parker; L Jackson; V Mitchell; R Jones; W Haley; M Parker; P McCrae; Mill Manager J Jones; Second row (l-r) G Barnes; J Murphy; E Milson; D Mckey; J Lalor; B Gough; K Detlaff; R Manley; (front l-r) G Bates; G Mason; R Lindsay; R Jones; A Manera;; 1964; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5642/21482e985ec470e2ba23157de500733b2c4c7ca2.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC] - Ruatapu processing plant: 1964 Ruatapu mill - Feeding to band re-saw; 1964; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5643/c9ded003f0e11bbe15084c9becc35491bd78ba72.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC] - Ruatapu processing plant: 1964 Ross Mill (26km south of Hokitika on SH6 West Coast) - Loading Timber; 1964?; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5644/cad3abf89556a6db268d8316c92d5befa98d2036.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC] - Ruatapu processing plant: 1964 Secretary N Dellow; Managing Director H Craig; General Manager L Gillions;; 1964; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5645/58ff230014107c662165f3c6ac93c6b77f9b38b9.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC] - Ruatapu processing plant: 1964 R Thain; G Hendrickson; I Johnson; J Christianson;; 1964; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5646/fde6f974065acf59123723494f3e75350263992f.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC] - Ruatapu processing plant: 1964 H S G Craig; 1964; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5647/ecde84767c94c23c04ecf83af4abec17aaabbfe4.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC] - Ruatapu processing plant: 1964 Secretary N A Dellow; 1964; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5648/12797f29e079767604e86559a3172e5addc844e5.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC] - Ruatapu processing plant: 1964 L M Gillions; 1964; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5649/a7cfc8bcdf5749fa6e8a9f0a513366df74bcd91c.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC]: 1964 Mananui Mill Team; 1964; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5650/7907c7e08e4130748c4928be80c858895fcb70f4.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC] - Ruatapu processing plant: 1964 Chaslands Bush Team (l-r) A Jones; I Deans; Mill Manager I Tansey; A Ferguson; R Cayford;; 1964; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5651/edd890fab82baf852f9701c3b91df64245aec201.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC] - Ruatapu processing plant: 1964 Chaslands Mill Team (l-r) B Brown; Mill Manager I Tansey; Bill Leaf; E Harrington; W Daisley; K Canning; J Kouka; K Schute;; 1964; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5652/c280001eeb67fa97a10fadd5de16ed93a3971b46.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC] - Ruatapu processing plant: 1964 Ross Mill (26km south of Hokitika on SH6 West Coast) - View of yard with mill in background; Circa 1964; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5653/39b8a6ca56ae4b58a50754cb60b0d34ddc84dbea.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC] - Ruatapu processing plant: 1964 Ross Mill - band head-rig; 1964; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5654/844354f6d63c9dc19029966eac95d81903f79b83.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC] - Ruatapu processing plant: 1964 Ross Mill (26km south of Hokitika on SH6 West Coast) - saw doctors workshop; 1964; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5655/49906b015b02f5df8b6a4015b5d6f042362480b3.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC] - Ruatapu processing plant: 1964 Ross Mill - Bart Gough at controls of Peeler winch; Circa 1964; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5656/51e99295cc77f96d0a2aa0aec033691835439edc.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC] - Ruatapu processing plant: 1964 Ross Mill - Keith Detlaff, Engineer with Assistant Ross Jones; 1964; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5657/a440c79fa7efeed89106a515605f7f72d81619a0.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC] - Ruatapu processing plant: 1964 Ross Mill - Lank Jones and V Mitchell - fiddling logs; 1964; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5658/77649103b520d56023bdc1bde0dd12efebff1052.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC] - Ruatapu processing plant: 1964 Hokitika Office - (l-r) M Kearns and M Skelton; 1964; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5659/6a7f6669b129cc7b04fb055433463818d4f6dd0c.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC] - Ruatapu processing plant: 1964 Karamea mill team; Circa 1964; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5660/60cc17c61d8cdacca82586d20c3267e86bd4b188.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC] - Ruatapu processing plant: 1964 High wire logging; Circa 1964; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5661/dc8beda2339934ff0430df565b2b3cdb4dd3853a.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC] - Ruatapu processing plant: 1964 sawmill & processing plant at Ruatapu, 11km south of Hokitika on SH6, West Coast; Circa 1964; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5662/80dde0c24e1bfad7e9d8433b0c9383993be7dfb6.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC] - Ruatapu processing plant: 1964 Sawmill & Processing Plant at Ruatapu, 11km south of Hokitika on SH6, West Coast; Circa 1964; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5663/70098714ea89d402667820d47cc13f2cf818d266.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC] - Ruatapu processing plant: 1968 Sawmill & Processing Plant at Ruatapu, 11km south of Hokitika on SH6, West Coast; 1968; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5664/f2b43b6db99ee42e94f122a2ecd9afeeddec985d.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC] - Ruatapu processing plant: 1968 Ruatapu, 11km south of Hokitika on SH6, West Coast; Circa 1968; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5665/cdf2f0fb769cdf4d782b1d68c686bc19a675b809.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC] - Ruatapu processing plant: 1968 Cutting rimu logs at Ruatapu Sawmill; Circa 1968; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5666/bb178dd51d9674270324cb27b34548ff89243d33.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC] - Ruatapu processing plant: 1968 timber being pre-dried for kilns; Circa 1968; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5667/6e2b0563b985438d6358534eddee74f570b8c9cd.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC] - Ruatapu processing plant: 1968 processing logs being delivered; Circa 1968; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5668/6078c59bdb096a81b2a586affeca0f6702c2e875.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC] - Ruatapu processing plant: 1968 timber being dried for kilns (inside); Circa 1968; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5669/db32597f98cf49ff1134b49af0c9f8f3573e4b77.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC] - Ruatapu processing plant: 1968 logs being sawn on bandsaw headrig; Circa 1968; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5670/46bda2f7499a29918d5e30882bf29aeef9d34599.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC]: 1968 Mandeville retail yard in pre-West Coast processing days, merchandising Butler Bros; Circa 1968; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5671/eaae71f0fc860223f1c5e8ec31f8d21cc819d724.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC] - Ruatapu processing plant: 1968 Ruatapu Processing Plant (kilns on right); Circa 1968; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5672/ca64d93a14f2c78b5218927522445fb11b2c9dfe.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC] - Ruatapu processing plant: 1968 Timber stacked inside Ruatapu Mill; Circa 1968; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5673/9fec28b7a28354fd69337352757dc7ceeb031e59.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC] - Ruatapu processing plant: 1966 Ruatapu, 11km south of Hokitika on SH6, West Coast; 1966; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5674/704a4cd71f6edd8d8f23a23f961c2e07fb768b7a.jpg)
![Fletcher Timber Co Ltd [FTC] - Ruatapu processing plant: 1966 View of part of the freehold bush in Arahura Valley, Westland - current logging operations in middle to left; 1966; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/5675/da311913da5054ccdad8e4f0bd3349b45b06cd48.jpg)
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