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Longburn freezing works

Longburn freezing works

Head foreman Ian Cruden and by-products manager Keith Rose stand in front of a freezer full of frozen lamb, stacked in such a way that it looks like an abstract art work. This was in 1985, two years before the works closed.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: EP/1985/3577/16
Photograph by Ross Giblin

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Malcolm McKinnon. 'Manawatū and Horowhenua region', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 2-Mar-09
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/manawatu-and-horowhenua-region/9/1