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Cossens and Black Limited : Records

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Reference NumberARC-0217CreatorCossens and Black LimitedDescriptionThe collection includes minutes, letter books, financial records, engineering plans, photographs, and other records.
Only a small part of this collection is digitised and available through Digital Collections. Information about other items can be found on the Hākena catalogue, through the Library Catalogues link above.History / BiographyCossens and Black Limited were a firm of engineers and iron and brass founders established in Dunedin by Thomas Cossens and Alexander Black in 1874. The firm was incorporated in 1899 and operated in increasingly expanded premises facing Crawford and Jervois streets. It eventually employed over 100 staff. They manufactured and sold farm machinery, drain-pipes, brick-making machinery, windmills, and Howard reapers. Later they built mining plants, dredges, and dredge equipment.

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Cossens and Black street frontage

The 'Keep 'em off', Boer War procession

Cossens and Black street frontage

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SubjectsEngineeringBusiness enterprises - DunedinIron industry and trade

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