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philip.marshall

July 14, 2017 09:59AM

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These are such fun pictures, Chris. Thank you for sharing them. New Zealand seems to have had more than its share of cute little tramways.

> Flax being harvested to make Hemp ropes; this has
> a local connection for me since I have several
> hundred metres of rail from that flax tram here on
> my own tramway.

I was confused by this at first, because the plants they're harvesting look nothing like the Old World flax plant (Linum usitatissimum) from which linen cloth is made, but then I realized that you were referring (of course!) to the New Zealand flax plant (Phormium tenax).

-Philip Marshall

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Piha Tramway Redux. (for Jack and Charlie)	Chris Walker	July 12, 2017 05:32PM
Re: Piha Tramway Redux. (for Jack and Charlie)	jim pallow	July 12, 2017 05:43PM
Re: Piha Tramway Redux. (for Jack and Charlie)	Charlie Mutschler	July 14, 2017 09:07AM
Re: Piha Tramway Redux. (for Jack and Charlie)	philip.marshall	July 14, 2017 09:59AM
Re: Piha Tramway Redux. (for Jack and Charlie)	bcp	July 14, 2017 11:05AM
Re: Piha Tramway Redux. (for Jack and Charlie)	Chris Walker	July 15, 2017 03:01PM
Re: Piha Tramway Redux. (for Jack and Charlie)	Jack Neville	July 16, 2017 11:18AM

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