Patea, Taranaki NZ, Sept 2012: Revisited the abandoned Patea coolstore recently. At it’s height it stored and chilled cheeses from the area, and meat from the adjacent Patea Freezing works…
Situated right on the bank of the Patea river, freight was loaded directly onto ships for national redistribution and export…
At over a century old- the coolstores have been abandoned for a third of it’s existence…
I was with my father and sister and it was wild weather- so we didn’t hang around too long…
Here is my previous post on this place…
Below is a short film I made on my first visit to the coolstores…
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