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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Ocean Beach Freezing Works

Ocean Beach Freezing Works (Birt and Company, Limited. Sydney, proprietors); J. G. Ward and Company, managing agents. These extensive works are built of wood, brick and iron, and comprise the usual departments of a modern freezing establishment. When the company com-menced operations a Haslam machine, capable of producing 120,000 cubic feet of cold air an hour was used, but after two years a Lightfoot machine of 200,000 feet capacity, was fitted up. In 1901 this was removed and was replaced by a Linde-ammonia machine, capable of freezing 3,000 sheep a day. There is a complete fellmongery in connection with the works, which are connected with the Government railway by a siding.