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Frozen meat carcasses go by rail

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Frozen meat carcasses go by rail

Freezing works were often built near ports and connected by rail. The Railways Department built special refrigerated carriages to keep the carcasses frozen – as seen in this photograph probably from the 1920s.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Sydney Charles Smith Collection (PA-Group-00242)

Reference: 1/2-045403-G

by Sydney Charles Smith

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

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Jane Tolerton, Agricultural processing industries – Freezing works, 1880s to the 1970s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/25186/frozen-meat-carcasses-go-by-rail (accessed 11 June 2026).

Story by Jane Tolerton, published 6 April 2010.