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Sheep wagons, Westfield freezing works

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Sheep wagons, Westfield freezing works

Until the 1960s most stock were transported to the freezing works by rail. These sheep are being delivered to the Westfield works in South Auckland, probably in the late 1940s.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, National Publicity Studios Collection

Reference: 1/2-034211

by W. Walker

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Ruth Low, Transport of animals – Rail transport, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/18100/sheep-wagons-westfield-freezing-works (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Ruth Low, published 1 March 2009.