Story: Rock, limestone and clay All images & media From page 1 – Raw materials Horokiwi quarry, Wellington Rock, limestone and clay production Downtown Auckland Phosphate shipment, Ravensbourne From page 2 – Aggregate ‘Digging with the ko’ Road construction around 1900 Road construction around 1930 Building the Roxburgh dam Main sources of aggregate Quarries (1st of 2) Kāramuramu Island quarry (2nd of 2) From page 3 – Sources and uses Blasting, Wilsonville quarry Waimakariri River The Desert Road Greymouth Harbour entrance Mangawhai Harbour entrance The Barmac rock crusher From page 4 – Limestone Limestone Limestone, Punakaiki (1st of 3) Limestone cliffs, Waitomo (2nd of 3) Castle Hill, Canterbury (3rd of 3) Lime kiln Taylor's lime works, Dunback From page 5 – Cement, marble and dolomite Tarakohe cement works Armoured train, Egypt Monument to Nelson’s settlers Working at Tākaka Hill (1st of 2) Tākaka Hill marble quarry (2nd of 2) Breakwater blocks, Wellington Harbour From page 6 – Clay Terracotta bowl Māori words for soil Cob house Drainage gang Ceramics factory kiln From page 7 – Types of clay ‘The sunbathed clay pit’ Matauri Bay clay pit White sand bunkers Mushroom farming Clay plaque From page 8 – Ceramics and pottery Coal and clay Clay toilets Pottery from Temuka Crown Lynn dinner set From page 9 – Phosphate, sulfur and pumice Milburn phosphate quarry Sulfur mining, White Island Sulfur for fertiliser Blocks of pumice From page 10 – Other minerals Zeolite Topdressing Trimming mica 1950s radio show Making asbestos fibrolite Asbestos prospecting camp
