1920's milk weighing machine

Can you imagine doing laundry like this every week? Hand-cranked. Gear-driven. No shortcuts — just work. People didn’t throw things away… they fixed them, used them, relied on them. This Horton Mirage 22 still runs today — over a century later. That kind of durability has a charm you just don’t see anymore. #antiquewashingmachine #antiquemachinery #vintageindustrial #americanantiques #builttolast #oldworldcraftsmanship #antiquelovers #vintagefinds #timelessdesign #historyalive

Rongo Gunior filling hoops from the trommel (mixing drum), Kaponga Cheese Factory. 1976

Capable of churning 5600 lb of butter at a time. Here the buttermaker, Horrie Marshall, checks on consistency before the butter leaves the churn. Nelson 1963

Gisborne - 1955

Weighing in - 1928

New Zealand Co-op/ Rennet Company Eltham. 1985

Gisborne Co-op Dairy Co. Ltd.1970

New Zealand Co-op/ Rennet Company Eltham 1985

Milk is weighed and then separated, the skim milk to be made into powder and the cream into butter. Nelson 1963

Dairy factory worker placing cheeses on shelves in the store room where they will be left to cure and mature, being turned daily until ready for crating - East Tamaki cheese factory, ca 1955

Milk and cream are picked up at the gate. Nelson 1963

A condenser-water pump circulates water between a chiller and cooling tower. Building Smart Solutions introduces this connection in the system’s heat-rejection circuit. #CondenserWater #CoolingTower #Chiller

Te Aroha & Districts Museum dairy display

Have you seen one of these? It is a cream separator used in dairy farms

Red And Silver Manifold. 7.18 x 5.07 x 7.65 inches Takes 33 hours to print Printed in color

ONE OF THE METHODS OF HANDLING MILK ON A TARANAKI DAIRY FARM. 1910

" WHY THE MILK WAS LATE AT THE FACTORY." 1908

New Zealand Dairy Industry: Farm and Factory Views. Farmers delivering milk to Dairy Factory weighing and testing room. 1901

Waikato 1928

Sali Mahomet making icecream in his 'dairy' behind his house at 69 Caledonia Road, St Albans