Back Issues: Rebuilding the city brick by brick
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Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. History of the Hoffman Kiln. One hundred and twenty years ago, Hoffman Oblong Continuous Kiln in Featherston Street was constructed to make bricks for new buildings and residential homes. Early Palmerston North was a city of wooden homes and structures. Fires were frequent and devastating. Hence in 1891, Palmerston North Borough Council passed a bylaw requiring buildings in the central business district to be built of brick. At its peak, the kiln produced 9000 bricks every day. It closed in 1959 and now stands as a Category 1 Historic Place.
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- Manawatū Standard
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- January 11, 2025
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- 2025Pa_IMCA-DigitalArchive_043006
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- IMCA Digital Archive
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- Val Burr
- Place
- Palmerston North
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