Palmerston North Electric Power Station Inc.

Some Burr family snapshots that show the Power Station

These photos were taken of various relevant scenes on the Burr family's farm in the late 1960s and early 1970s, at a time when the power station was not of particular interest to family members. Nowadays three members of the family are on the PNEPS Inc. committee. The photographer was Val Burr, who coincidentally operates this website.

The newly-calved Quinta the cow, who gave birth to a heifer (later a cow named Helene) on 6 February 1969. The pipes over the fence were to become part of the Kapuni natural gas pipeline. As I recall, the railway siding was on the other side of the pipes.

My mare Dusty (left) and Lady grazing in the dry lagoon bed on 11 November 1972.

Dusty (left), her yearling daughter Sherry, and colt foal Brandy, meet Blue (grey in foreground) and Rocky (behind) in our driveway on 1 December 1974. Blue and Rocky were amongst the seemingly numerous horses that grazed on our farm over the years.

Bringing the Burr dairy herd down for the clearing sale on 4 November 1974. From left the cows are Sally, Pansy, Janet, Deanna, ?, Ebony and Odette, whom we happily (apart from the tears) sold for sums ranging from between $60 and $85!!! The stray goat belonged to a neighbour. The railway lines were part of the siding that lead at the time along the hilltop to the power station and gas works. However, originally this section of line was part of the Palmerston North-Hawkes Bay line. This status had changed in the early 1960s when the new railway station opened at Milson on the outskirts of the city. Previously the station was in the centre of the city - which is obscure in the distance in this scene.

Last Updated: 30/3/2001