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These sheep are Suffolks, not the Halfbreds or Merinos reared on New Zealand stations at the time.
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First the sheep were mustered.
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Then they were slaughtered at a freezing works.
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The carcasses were wrapped in muslin to protect them.
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Refrigeration machinery for freezing the meat.
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Well-off passengers in the saloon of an ocean liner which is carrying sheep carcasses to London in its hold.
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The carcasses were kept in cool stores in London until they were transported to butcher shops.
This 1893 pamphlet illustrates the various stages of exporting frozen sheep carcasses from a New Zealand sheep station to the London market. The sheep were mustered and taken to the freezing works for slaughter, where the carcasses were covered in muslin for protection. Refrigeration machinery kept the carcasses frozen in the hold. These passengers in the saloon were also on route to England, but in more comfortable quarters. The final sketch shows the carcasses in a cool store in London, before being taken to market.
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