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Sociedad Explotadora de Tierra del Fuego
Views : Frigorífico of Puerto Bories
by C. Foresti

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"Puerto Bories" Freezer Works
General view: Plant buildings, seen from the small pier

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The Freezer Works: View of the main pier

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Entrance to the Plant

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Water supply for the plant: This reservoir is located at the foot of
Cerro Dorotea, behind the Freezer Works and a short distance from it.
Water supply reservoir 

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The animals arriving from the ranches are held in a field, from where
they move on to the sorting pens, before proceeding to the slaughter-house.
Animals arriving at the pens
Sorting pens

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Animal entrance to the slaughter-house
Door of the slaughter-house 

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After entering the slaughter-house, the animals are killed and pass
immediately to the Butchery, where they are prepared for the cold-store.
Slaughter-house
Butchery 

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After leaving the Butchery, the carcasses are washed and pass on to the
first cold-store.
First cold-store 

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Veterinary inspection and classification
Covered gallery: movement of carcasses to cold-store
Scales

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Central cold-store

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General view of cold-stores

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At the time of export, the carcasses are loaded onto wagons in the
cold-store; after inspection by the responsible ship's officer, they are
transported by train to the ship.
Exterior view of the cold-stores
Train transporting the carcasses to the ship

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Ship loading meat for export

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In the Butchery: the heart, kidneys and other meat suitable for canning
is removed.
Preparing the meat for canning
Meat ready for canning

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Ovens for cooking canned meat

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Meat-Extract Section

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Can manufacture
Canned-meat storage

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Trainload of canned meat for export 

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Train, pier and steamer

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If the weather does not allow the fleeces to be dried in the open air,
they proceed to the forced drying room.
Drying room for the fleeces
Power supply for the Tannery 

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After drying, the fleeces proceed to the washing machines, and from
there to the centrifugal driers.
Washing machines
Centrifugal driers 

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Once dried, the fleeces are chemically treated to facilitate removal of
the wool; this goes directly to the drier, and from there, via a tube,
to the baling press on the lower floor.
Fleece pluckers
Wool drying machine
Wool baling section 

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Once plucked free of wool, the hides are sent to the washing drums, and
from there to the tanks; after the appropriate period, they proceed to
the spinning baths for the final wash.
Washing drums and tanks
Wash-tubs 

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After the final wash, the hides are sorted and prepared for export.
300,000 hides ready for export 

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In the Butchery, everything suitable for producing fat is separated and
sent to the digester tanks: the extracted fat is filtered and stored.
Fat Digester Section
The entrails removed from the carcasses are washed thoroughly and
prepared for export.
Preparing the entrails 

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Once in barrels, the fat is weighed and stored close to the plant's
railway track.
Weighing-scale for the fat barrels
Barrels beside the railway track 

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Power supply, seen from the flywheels
Partial view of the furnaces 

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General view of the machine room 

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Part of the workers from the Slaughter-house
Workers awaiting the train for "Natales"

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The Sawmill for the Plant
Sawmill from seaward
Sawmill from landward

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From the same woods used for timber and firewood, logs are dragged to
the sea, where they are tied together with chains and towed to the
sawmill's pier by the plant's steamer "Fueguino".
Transportation of logs to the sawmill
The sawmill waterfront
Dragging the logs mechanically to the mill 

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Various Departments:
Warehouse
Carpenter's and Barrelmaker's workshop
Smithy
Accounting office

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First engineer's house
Accountant's house
Employee housing
Engineers' house 

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Workers' housing
The locomotive "Guacolda"
One of the workers' dining rooms in Puerto "Natales"

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House of the Freezer Works manager
Primary school, Household store and Telephone office 

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Refrigerated vessel leaving the narrow channel in the mountains that
leads to Última Esperanza 

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The tug "Fueguino"
The sloop "Fresia" used by the sawmill
The plant buildings seen from landward 

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Senior employees of the Plant 

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[in Punta Arenas]
Offices of the Company
Residence of the General Manager