In 1890, the Longburn Slaughtering and Freezing Company established this freezing works just south of Palmerston North. Built by the Munro Brothers of Palmerston North at a total cost of £36,000, initially capital was insufficient and the business fell into the hands of Liquidators until bought by the National Mortgage and Agency Company. The works were again sold to the Co-operative Wholesale Society (U.K) in 1940. They closed in October 1987. The large building in centre is the office of Longburn Freezeing works.
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Longburn Freezing works
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Date
- circa 1925
- Digitisation ID
- 2011N_Lo20a_004963
- Held In
- Coolstore
Creation
- Created By
- Unknown
- Place
- Manawatu
Object rights
- License
- No Known Restrictions
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