Stories from old newspapers
Dungarvan Observer 9 March 1918
Hygienic Bakery for Dungarvan – A. Moloney & Sons,
Ltd., New Installation
Within the past week one of the most up-to-date
Hygienic Bakeries has been installed by the enterprising firm of A. Moloney and
Sons, which is unequalled in finish and completeness in any provincial town in
Ireland.
In order to do so it was necessary to have a new
premises erected, and this was done on a spacious site adjoining their corn
stores and at the rear of Main Street. The
work was carried out under the supervision of Mr. Michael Mahony, Main Street,
who has ere this proved himself an expert in the matter of such buildings. The tiling, cementing, and outside work was
carried out…by Mr. Thomas Butler and Sons, Church Street. The new oven, which weighs 90 tons was erected
by Messrs T.H. Tonge, Manchester, and the power by the National Gas Engine Co
Ltd., Ashton-Under-Lyne. The new bakery
is 66 feet long by 26 feet wide. It is
divided into three compartments. At the rear
is the furnace room, in the centre the bakehouse, measuring 30 ft by 26ft, and
outside is the engine room. The front of the oven is in white enameled brick. Upstairs there is a loft capable of holding
some hundreds of flour, and by means of a chute the flour can be sent…right
into the kneader in the bakehouse…The oven…is able to bake 1½ sacks of flour
every hour. No hand touches the flour
from beginning to end.