Lonburn Freezing works
More Info →- Description
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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 and Agency Company. The works were again sold to the Co-operative Wholesale Society (U.K) in 1940. They closed in October 1987.
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Relation
- Public Photograph Collection Lo 20b
- Date
- circa 1925
- Digitisation id
- 2011N_Lo20b_004964
- Held in
- Coolstore
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Creation
- Created By
- Unknown
- Place
- Manawatu
Object rights
- License
- No Known Restrictions