A building constructed for the Tomoana Freezing Works by Hamilton & Whillans (Napier builders) in 1923 was badly damaged in the 1931 Hawkes Bay earthquake.
Tomoana Freezing Works
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Tomoana Freezing Works, Hastings. 1923
Date: 1923
From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand
By: Hamilton & Whillans (Firm)
Reference: Pan-2137-F
Description: Panoramic view of a large five-storeyed brick and steel freezing works building under construction. Groups of workmen can be seen on all the floors and in the foreground. Ladders, a crane and other machinery are visible. There is a truck in centre foreground (number plate: H-3699), and a car parked on a road lined with poplar trees on the far right. Photograph taken by R P Moore. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] Hamilton & Whillans. Tomoana. 6 copies; Photographer's title on negative - Tomoana Freezing Works. Hastings. 1923 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 119.5 cm
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Alexander Mowat - Wool sale file
Date: 1895-1965
From: Mowat family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-7496-16
Description: Includes Williams and Kettle, New Zealand Farmers' Co-op Distributing Company and W E Clouston & Co wool sale results; letter from Stanley Rumbal; auction notice for Taumahapa Station (1937); Longburn Freezing Works sales (1964); Bank of New Zealand notice of special general meeting (1895); and other papers Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Tomoana freezing works building, after the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake
Date: 1931
From: Daroux, James Henry, 1870-1943 :Collection of negatives and prints
Reference: 1/2-004874-F
Description: Tomoana freezing works building, after the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake. Photograph probably taken by James Henry Daroux. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
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Aerial view of the Tomoana Freezing Works, Hastings
Date: [1930s?]
From: Burt, Gordon Onslow Hilbury, 1893-1968 :Negatives
Reference: 1/2-036542-F
Description: Aerial view of the Tomoana Freezing Works, Hastings. Photograph taken by Gordon H Burt, 1930s? Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
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Sheep and holding pens alongside the Tomoana freezing works
Date: [ca 2 July 1952]
From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
Reference: PAColl-6203-09
Description: Sheep and holding pens alongside the Tomoana freezing works, circa 2 July 1952. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print