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factory n A building or plant with facilities for the processing of fish,
lobster, whales, 'seal oil,' etc.
1883 Fish Exhibit
Cat4 176 Model of Seal Factory. New process of manufacture, whereby the
Oil is expressed free from odour. 1895 PROWSE 539 This was all a trick, for the captain
of the French man-of-war schooner Perle, which came into port just after, allowed
the factory to go on again. 1904 Daily News 28 Sep Bond told you that the French
Shore question was settled. The closing down of the Lark Harbor whale factory doesn't
show as if that were the case. 1912 Nfld Qtly Christmas, p. 11 In Hawke's Bay is a
whaling factory and when I was there it seemed to be doing well. 1936 SMITH 189 After a
while the merchants and fishermen lodged a protest with the manager, saying that the old
whale carcasses and dirt from the factory were polluting both the drinking water and the
sea water. 1941 SMALLWOOD 39 [advertisement for herring and herring products] Factories
[at the following harbours]. 1977 BUTLER 84 I asked Mr Wareham if I could go to work in
the factory dressing herring that night to try and earn a couple of extra dollars.
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