More Info →Steam engine and generator at the Palmerston North Abattoir, Maxwell's Line

The electricity generating plant at the abattoir was a compound steam engine driving a 400 volt generator which provided power for the waste cooker and sundry machinery. It was housed in the engine room alongside the boiler house. The abbatoir, opened 1906, was operated by the Manawatu Meat Company until February 1917, when it was purchased by the Palmerston North Borough Council. It closed in 1969.