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Ceramics factory kiln

Ceramics factory kiln

Ceramics factory kiln

Probably photographed around the end of the 19th century, these two workers are hauling a load past the kiln in a Christchurch ceramics factory. Piles of coal used to fire the kiln are in the foreground. Clay was fired into bricks, roofing tiles and drainpipes. In many New Zealand towns, kiln smokestacks were a familiar sight on the skyline.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Steffano Webb Collection (PAColl-3061)
Reference: 1/1-019529; G
Photograph by Steffano Francis Webb

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.




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