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In 1890, the Longburn Slaughtering and Freezing Company established this freezing works just south of Palmerston North. Initially capital was insufficient and the business fell into the hands of Liquidators, then 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.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Lo 4
Date
1939
Digitisation ID
2011N_Lo4_004958
Held In
"Coolstore"

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meat industry,
photographs,
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