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Uploaded: 02/15/17 11:35 AM GMT
Totara Estate - 135 years on
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On this day 15th February 1882 the first shipment of frozen meat set sail from Port Chalmers aboard the 'Dunedin' for the 3 month voyage to London.
This is part of Totara Estate, where the first shipment came from, making it a significant part of New Zealand's history, the birthplace of the frozen meat industry.
This is the slaughterhouse and behind it the cooling shed. Every morning at 4am the carcasses were taken by cart to the railway siding and from there by steam train to Port Chalmers where they were frozen on board the Dunedin. It took almost a month of daily loadings for the ship to be fully loaded.
The slaughter house is a replica and the cooling shed is the original local limestone building.
Some interesting bits of old machinery in front.
I visited here last weekend and it is a pure coincidence that today is the anniversary. :) Taken with Panasonic DMC TZ60. Thank you for looking, I hope this is not too gruesome.

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::corngrowth
02/15/17 11:56 AM GMT
Didn't know that in that time the ship's machinery already had the capability to freeze meat in such amounts. Amazing and very interesting, Lyn.
Your well documented narrative is accompanied by a very good image (or vice versa, ☺ ).
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::Vickid
02/15/17 3:29 PM GMT
Your capture brings out incredible details of this building. Magnificent capture, bravo.
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::tigger3
02/15/17 6:01 PM GMT
It's not gruesome but it does have a sad history, at least for the animals. I like your well written narrative, and it's a good capture. I like the old machinery that we can see too. tigs=^..^=
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::biffobear
02/15/17 7:27 PM GMT
They must have went through some ice on that journey...I do like a bit leg of lamb mind...R.
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.koca
02/16/17 8:29 AM GMT
Lovely old place. Nice work, Lyn.
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.GomekFlorida
02/16/17 7:23 PM GMT
Wow! I wonder how much the meat costs once it got to London? You would think even back then the price had to be steep considering about the labour and effort put into shipping and distribution.
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