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The chain

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The chain

From about 1930 ‘the chain’ carried carcasses through the freezing works. Each worker carried out a specific operation on a carcass as the chain brought it past them.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Making New Zealand Centennial Collection (PAColl-3060)

Reference: MNZ-1517

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Jane Tolerton, Agricultural processing industries – Freezing works, 1880s to the 1970s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/25189/the-chain (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Jane Tolerton, published 6 April 2010.