Wairoa Freezing Works
Production date
Post 05 Feb 1931
Current rights
Public Domain
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About this object
Aerial view of the Wairoa Freezing Works taken after the Hawke's Bay earthquake on 3 February 1931.
Owned by the Wairoa Co-operative Meat Company, the building was completely gutted by fire on 5 February 1931. Smoke billows from the site, obscuring much of the building. The Wairoa River is located on the left side of the photograph.
Photographer, unknown.
Owned by the Wairoa Co-operative Meat Company, the building was completely gutted by fire on 5 February 1931. Smoke billows from the site, obscuring much of the building. The Wairoa River is located on the left side of the photograph.
Photographer, unknown.
Production date
Post 05 Feb 1931
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 167 x 217mm
Classification terms
Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
05 Feb 1931
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 15876
Credit Line
gifted by Barry Hellberg
Other number(s)
2012/46/87, 15876, 80702
Accession number
2012/46/87
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