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.
https://d28dhd8eubcyz4.cloudfront.net/iiif/2/curtis-production2-cache%2F1%2Fc%2Fb%2Fd0ac7f-7fd4-4446-96db-6994264b5727%2Fresize_master_c3ef8b81969bbf74d24c40659a538e64.jpg/full/!880,1024/0/default.jpg?sig=9f5276ace7d3d0e74d6ccb462cef64dc8135b94a&ver=1628692957Construction of new Rongotea Co-operative Dairy factory
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- C P Wood, Rongotea
- Place
- Palmerston North
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