Demolition of Abattoir, Maxwells Line
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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 subdivided for housing in the rapidly growing Awapuni area of Palmerston North.
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Relation
- Public Photograph Collection Bc 447
- Date
- June 19, 1969
- Digitisation id
- 2009P_Bc447_BUI_2537
- Held in
- Coolstore
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Creation
- Created By
- M J Costello - Manawatu Evening Standard
- Place
- Maxwells Line, Palmerston North
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