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This factory was established about 1907 by Joseph Nathan and Company Limited and was taken over by the newly formed Whakarongo Co-operative Dairy Company Limited in 1913. It was situated on the south side of the road between Palmerston North and Ashhurst on the bank of the small watercourse known as Stoney Creek.

Identification

Object type
Image
Date
circa 1913
Digitisation ID
2008N_D28_TEC_1749
Held In
Coolstore

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Palmerston North

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