This plan relates to Contract No. 62. The specifications for "the Erection of buildings for the Boiling Down and Tallow Departments of the Municipal Abattoir at Awapuni" state: "The works comprised in this Contract consist of the necessary amount ...
Creator: Palmerston North Borough Council
Date: 1924
This street is believed to be named after Mr David Joseph Nathan (1858-1920), sometimes described as the father of the dairying industry. Mr DJ Nathan may have also been the road contractor who...
Creator: Heritage Team, Palmerston North City Library
Date: 2024
The Palmerston North abattoir was opened in Awapuni in December 1906. It was operated by the Manawatu Meat Company until February 1917, when it was purchased by the Palmerston North Borough Council. The Council operated the abattoir until 1969, wh...
Creator: R M Greenwood
Place: Maxwells Line, Palmerston North
Date: 1950
The abattoir was built in 1906. The brick boiler house, chimney, boiling down house, and the concrete water tower of the Palmerston North City Council owned abattoir were the last structures to be brought down, by explosives. The demolition attrac...
Creator: M J Costello - Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Maxwells Line, Palmerston North
Date: June 19, 1969
The abattoir was built in 1906 and was demolished with the use of explosives. The photograph shows the final moments of the old boiling-down house crashing to the ground. As a Palmerston North City Council owned property the land was subsequently ...
Creator: M J Costello - Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Maxwells Line, Palmerston North
Date: June 19, 1969
Demolition of the Palmerston North City Council owned Abattoir, built 1906, in Maxwell’s Line Palmerston North. This photograph shows the demolition of the boiling-down house section of the old abattoir. Mr A Spilman, former Manager of the Abbatt...
Creator: M J Costello - Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Maxwells Line, Palmerston North
Date: June 19, 1969
The abattoir opened on 5 December 1906. The Palmerston North Borough Council took the business over as a municipal venture in 1917, until in April 1951 it was handed over to a company of butchers to lease. It was demolished in 1969 and the land su...
Creator: Crown Studios
Place: Maxwells Line, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1920
The abattoir opened on 5 December 1906. The Palmerston North Borough Council took the business over as a municipal venture in 1917, until in April 1951 it was handed over to a company of butchers to lease. It was demolished in 1969 and the land su...
Creator: K H Shea
Place: Maxwells Line, Palmerston North
Date: 1939
The abattoir opened on 5 December 1906. The Palmerston North Borough Council took the business over as a municipal venture in 1917, until in April 1951 it was handed over to a company of butchers to lease. It was demolished in 1969 and the land su...
Creator: K H Shea
Place: Maxwells Line, Palmerston North
Date: 1939
The abattoirs opened on 5 December 1906. The Palmerston North Brough Council took the business over as a municipal venture in 1917, until in April 1951 it was handed over to a company of butchers for lease. the abbatoir was demolished in 1969 and ...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Maxwells Line, Palmerston North
Date: 1939
The Palmerston North Abattoir was situated in Awapuni for 63 years. Opened in December 1906, the works were operated by the Manawatu Meat Company until 1917, when the Borough Council purchased them. They remained under Council control until thei...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Maxwells Line, Palmerston North
Date: 1907
This photograph shows carcasses awaiting processing. Situated at Longburn, this facory started operating around 1917. The firm began business in Grey Street, Palmerston North.
Creator: Snapshots Unlimited
Place: Longburn, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1937
Shown here is the old Fellmongery at the Longburn Freezing works. In 1890, the Longburn Slaughtering and Freezing Company established the freezing works just south of Palmerston North. Initially capital was insufficient and the business fell into ...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Works Road, Longburn, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1915
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, op...
Creator: Whalley and Co., Crown Studios
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1920
A workman bagging pork carcasses in muslin and sacking, in the freezer at Longburn Freezing Works. The Longburn Slaughtering and Freezing Company Ltd was established as a farmer's co-operative in 1890. Sited at Longburn, just south of Palmerston N...
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Works Road, Longburn, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1946
The last carcass being loaded into 'Peck's Hygienic Butchery' van at the Palmerston North abattoir, the week of the abattoir's closing in April 1969. From left: O A Wiley; Jack Peck, butcher; A M Spillman, Manager of abattoir 1917-1950.
Creator: The Tribune
Place: Palmerston North
Date: April 1969
In 1890, the Longburn Slaughtering and Freezing Company established this freezing works just south of Palmerston North. Built by the Munro Brothers of Palmerston North at a total cost of £36,000, initially capital was insufficient and the business...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Manawatu
Date: circa 1925
In 1890, the Longburn Slaughtering and Freezing Company established this freezing works just south of Palmerston North. Initially capital was insufficient and the business fell into the hands of Liquidators, then bought by the National Mortgage an...
Creator: K H Shea
Place: Manawatu
Date: 1939
In 1890, the Longburn Slaughtering and Freezing Company established this freezing works just south of Palmerston North. Built by the Munro Brothers of Palmerston North at a total cost of £36,000, initially capital was insufficient and the business...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Works Road, Longburn, Palmerston North
Date: 1925 to 1930
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.
Creator: Whalley and Co., Crown Studios
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1920
The Palmerston North Abattoir opened December 1906. It was operated by the Manawatu Meat Company until February 1917, when it was purchased by the Palmerston North Borough Council. It closed in 1969.
Creator: Whalley and Co., Crown Studios
Date: circa 1920
The destructors, inside the destructor building at the abattoir opened 1906. The abattoir was operated by the Manawatu Meat Company until February 1917, when it was purchased by the Palmerston North Borough Council. It closed in 1969.
Creator: Whalley and Co., Crown Studios
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1920
In 1890, the Longburn Slaughtering and Freezing Company established this freezing works just south of Palmerston North. Initially capital was insufficient and the business fell into the hands of Liquidators, then bought by the National Mortgage an...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Manawatu
Date: circa 1925
The Palmerston North Borough Council operated the abattoir, in Maxwell's Line, Palmerston North, 1916-1951. Workmen and a dog pose outside the abattoir works, when Mr Spillman was the Manager. The works closed for killing in April 1969.
People i...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Maxwell's Line, Palmerston North
Date: 1923
In 1890, the Longburn Slaughtering and Freezing Company established this freezing works just south of Palmerston North. Initially capital was insufficient and the business fell into the hands of Liquidators, then bought by the National Mortgage an...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Manawatu
Date: circa 1924