Day by Day with Otago Lad

By otagolad

Massey Harris Co Ltd

I only had a half hour again today before work and headed down to the wharf area to see what I could find in a big rush before the rain came today as well. I found this building and have battled to read the print, it appeared to me to say "Massey Harris Co Ltd" so to google i went...........
Wikipedia gave me an answer,
Massey-Harris Co.In 1891, Massey merged with the A. Harris, Son & Co. Ltd. to become Massey-Harris Co. and became the largest agricultural equipment maker in the British Empire. The company made threshing machines and reapers as well as safety bicycles introducing a shaft-driven model in 1898.[2] In 1910, the company acquired the Johnson Harvester Company located in Batavia New York, making it one of Canada's first multinational firms.

Massey-Harris built models including the Massey-Harris GP, Massey-Harris Pacemaker, Massey-Harris Pony, Model 20, Model 81, Model 101, Model 744

Wow a little bit of history right here.

It got me really thinking..........

Where would New Zealand agriculture be without this company. Massey Ferguson tractors built this country and we cant forget Sir Edmund Hillary taking a Massey Ferguson to the South Pole. Just think how many tractors and parts must have come through this building in the past. These buildings in the area of the Wharf in Dunedin really have a grip on me......

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