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.

Construction of new Rongotea Co-operative Dairy factory
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Digitisation ID
- 2010N_D32_3356
- Title
- Construction of new Rongotea Co-operative Dairy factory
- Held In
- Coolstore
Creation
- Created By
- C P Wood, Rongotea
- Place
- Palmerston North
- Date
- 1911
Object rights
- Credit Line
- Palmerston North Libraries and Community Services
- License
- No Known Restrictions
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