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The old Midland Brewery had been used as a milk processing plant for the past 30 years prior to 1976. It was purchased in the mid- 1940s by the Manawatu Milk and Cream Co. When the new milk processing plant in Gillespie’s Line began operating the building was purchased by the Consumer Co-op. The sale agreement included a compulsory demolition clause, as parts of the building had been condemned for some time. The cleared area provided parking space in 1976 for 60 cars between PDC and Ferguson Street.

Identification

Object type
Image
Digitisation ID
2008N_D78_WOR_1415
Title
Demolition of Milk Processing Plant
Relation
Public Photograph Collection D 78
Held In
Coolstore

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Creation

Created By
Place
Between Church and Ferguson Street, Palmerston North
Date
April 28, 1974

Object rights

Credit Line
Manawatu Evening Standard

Taxonomy

Tags
danger,
demolish,
labour,
photographs,
rubble,
work,
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