Robert Ellis and Brightwater's electricity
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Robert Ellis introduced electricity and electric street lights to the Nelson region. In about 1915 he tried using chickens to control the electricity supply.
Robert Ellis, Brightwater, Kohatu, Nelson, Tasman, Waimea, Waimeha, Electricity, te tai o Aorere
WAIMEA COUNTY COUNCIL. (Colonist, 05 July 1912)
National Library of New Zealand
ELECTRIC LIGHTING. (Colonist, 06 October 1914)
National Library of New Zealand
COUNTRY NEWS. (Colonist, 04 August 1915)
National Library of New Zealand
WAIMEA COUNTY COUNCIL. (Colonist, 09 June 1911)
National Library of New Zealand
Brightwater, Nelson
Alexander Turnbull Library
Brightwater war memorial
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Rutherford flourmill, Brightwater
Nelson Provincial Museum
Display of Radium Flour, Brightwater Mills
Nelson Provincial Museum