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View of Hoffman Kiln taken from Featherston street. Robert Price Edwards (1854-1924) established his brick making business in Featherston Street in 1900 having shifted from previous premises in Dahlia Street. In 1904 Edwards started construction of the ‘Hoffman Kiln” which was the biggest constructed in Palmerston North and capable of continuous production. The Hoffman kiln is known as a “barrel kiln” and was capable of firing 9,000 bricks in a single chamber. This type of kiln used 25% less coal than contemporary downdraught kilns and it could be operated by a smaller skilled workforce. The kiln was last fired in 1959.
See Bc 460, 462 – 467. See Also: Nine thousand Bricks a Day, by Jim Lundy.

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Liggins Family
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Public Collection Bc 460, CA Liggins
Date
circa 2002
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2014P_Bc460_009629
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Colour print
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