ca. 1898 Taggerty Butter factory opening.

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Description: Photograph Both photographs in poor condition Taggerty Butter factory opened ca. 1892 in the township on the Little River. It was run by the Kennedy family and built by J.B. Coombs of Acheron Station. Coombs was later Shire President. Milk had been previously taken daily to the steam driven separators at Thornton. Upper Thornton. The cream was separated and the remains taken back to the farms for the pigs and calves. Prior to theses town separators butter had been made at home in a barrel. salted and stored. Operation at Taggerty ceased in 1908 and the Alexandra Dairy Company took over production. The building no longer exists but materials from the original Taggerty Butter factory building now form part of the Williamson house off Swamp Creek road. Taggerty (Vic.) -- History.

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