Construction of new Rongotea Co-operative Dairy factory
Object type
Image
- Description
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This brick butter factory replaced the old wooden factory which was constructed during the 1890s. The Rongotea Co-operative Dairy Co. Ltd was established in 1895 and was amalgamated in 1960 with the Awahuri Co-operative Dairy Co. Ltd, to form the Manawatu Co-operative Dairy Co. Ltd. Ronald Matheson is in the foreground wearing a bowler had and a waist coat.
Identification
- Relation
- Public Photograph Collection D 32
- Date
- 1911
- Digitisation id
- 2010N_D32_3356
- Held in
- Coolstore
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Creation
- Created By
- C P Wood, Rongotea
- Place
- Palmerston North
Object rights
- License
- No Known Restrictions