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Kaponga Co-operative Dairy Company, Limited. Factory building, pre-1914
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Reference NumberNZI-KP-9-2.3
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DescriptionHand coloured, mounted photograph of the front of the Kaponga Co-operative Dairy Factory.
In front of the factory a four horse team wagon loaded with cheese. Behind it is another horse drawn vehicle. The horse can just be seen in front of rear of the loaded wagon, and a driver and passenger are visible to the side of the front of the loaded wagon. At the side of the factory is a loaded wagon, containing milk cans and pulled by a 2 horse team. Behind it is another loaded wagon pulled by a 2 horse team coming in to unload.
On the back of the photograph is states that the cheese was being carted to Eltham Railway Station for transshipment to Moturoa, New Plymouth. W.W. Moller was the cartage contractor.
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DimensionsSize of photograph: 150 x 100.7 mm. Size of mount: approximately 160 x 118 mmInscriptions or MarkingsOn verso in ink: Kaponga Coop. Dairy, Taranaki. Photo taken before 1914-1918 war. [Kaponga did not make cheese until 1908. See Annual list of creameries 1906-1910] Cheese being carted to Eltham RLW [Railway Station] [for] Transshipment to Moturoa, New Plymouth. W. W. Moller cartage contractor.
Inscriptions or MarkingsOn verso in ink: Kaponga Coop. Dairy, Taranaki. Photo taken before 1914-1918 war. [Kaponga did not make cheese until 1908. See Annual list of creameries 1906-1910] Cheese being carted to Eltham RLW [Railway Station] [for] Transshipment to Moturoa, New Plymouth. W. W. Moller cartage contractor.In this image
LocationKaponga, New ZealandSubjectManufacturing process - Cheese
SubjectManufacturing process - CheeseRelationships
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Kaponga Co-operative Dairy Company, Limited. Factory building, pre-1914 (Between 1908 and 1914). Massey University Library, accessed 18/03/2025, https://tamiro.massey.ac.nz/nodes/view/5430
