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The abattoir was built in 1906 and was demolished with the use of explosives. The photograph shows the final moments of the old boiling-down house crashing to the ground. As a Palmerston North City Council owned property the land was subsequently subdivided for housing in the rapidly growing Awapuni area of Palmerston North.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Bc 447
Date
June 19, 1969
Digitisation ID
2009P_Bc447_BUI_2537
Held In
Coolstore

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Maxwells Line, Palmerston North

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building,
buildings,
destruction,
meat industry,
municipal,
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