Milk Testing Room at the Chairman of the Illawarra Cooperative Central Dairy Factory, Albion Park Rail

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TitleMilk Testing Room at the Chairman of the Illawarra Cooperative Central Dairy Factory, Albion Park RailPhoto Number003423DateJune 1956DescriptionThe 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 on the 27th 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 production 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.PlaceIllawarra Cooperative Central Dairy FactoryLocationAlbion Park RailDonorMartin, Jack

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Milk Testing Room at the Chairman of the Illawarra Cooperative Central Dairy Factory, Albion Park Rail