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Visitors from the Takapau community look over the new Norsewear factory in Takapau. The Takapau factory was built in fourth month at the cost of $150,000 and was intended to house $400,000 of plant for a 24-hour production. This factory producing socks, mitten, gloves and hats was intended to free up the Norsewood plant for sweater production.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection No 3
Date
April 22, 1980
Digitisation ID
2011N_No3_005712
Held In
Coolstore

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Place
Norsewood, Tararua District

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buildings,
fashion,
knitwear,
photographs,
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