Story: South Canterbury places
Opened in 1904, the Pareora Freezing Works is one of two meat-processing plants in the region – Smithfield at Washdyke is the other. The red hue in the sea is effluent from the works.
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GNS Science
Reference: CN38373/8
Photograph by Lloyd Homer
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