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Petone industry

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Petone industry

The Gear meat works, in the middle distance, covers a large site in Petone, in this view from the early 20th century. In the foreground the Hutt Road doglegs and is crossed by the Wellington–Wairarapa railway line. Beside the line are the railway workshops (left), beyond the hotel. Workers’ houses surround the industries.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Albert Percy Godber Collection (PA-Group-00048)

Reference: APG-0614-1/2-G

by Albert Percy Godber

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Chris Maclean, Wellington places – Hutt Valley – south, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/13466/petone-industry (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Chris Maclean, published 3 March 2009, updated 1 March 2016.