Scales Sign Dairy Farmers Country Store

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TitleScales Sign Dairy Farmers Country StoreObject TypeObjectDescriptionScales Sign Dairy Farmers Country Store

'Scales for weighing cans of cream in the days of farm separating milk.'Provenance and SignifcanceThis sign was displayed next to the original factory milk scales, at Dairy Farmers Country Store, Albion Park Rail. The factory scales are also part of Shellharbour Museum's collection.

Dairy Farmers Country Store was formerly the Illawarra Cooperative Central Dairy Factory.

The Illawarra Cooperative Central Dairy Co. Ltd factory was built beside the railway line at Albion Park Rail on land provided by G L Fuller.

The formal opening of the I.C.C.D.Co. Ltd. was held 27 September 1899. C W Wood was appointed manager, and H R Hobart the engineer. Two steam engines drove the machinery and the refrigerating plant.

Pasteurization was introduced in 1903 and by 1905 the Company was delivering milk to Sydney in hermetically sealed tanks. The butter section was built in 1926 and in 1935 a new milk section was opened.

The Company continued to improve the factory and in 1956 marketed the "Warrilla" brand of butter.

The factory closed in 1985. DonorIllawarra Cooperative Central Dairy

CHARACTERISTICS

MaterialMetal.Dimensions28cm x 28cm

CLASSIFICATION

PrimaryIndustriesSecondaryDairying

CONNECTIONS

CollectionObjectsIllawarra Cooperative Central Dairy Society LocalityAlbion Park RailPlaceIllawarra Cooperative Central Dairy FactoryRelated ItemIllawarra Cooperative Central Dairy Milk Scales

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Scales Sign Dairy Farmers Country Store