Published Resources Details
Conference Paper
- Title
- The Hoffman Brick and Tile Company, Melbourne, Australia
- In
- Second Australasian Conference on Engineering Heritage, Auckland, 14-16 February, 2000: Proceedings
- Imprint
- Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand, 2000, pp. 209-216
- ISBN/ISSN
- 0980960352
- Url
- https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.910948312990499
- Abstract
The Hoffman Brick and Tile Company, Melbourne, Australia, pioneered the use of continuously fired brick kilns in Australia in the 1870's. Part of the works continued in use until 1993. The site is now to be redeveloped and contains the last 19th C brick kilns in Victoria and some old buildings and brick making machinery. Some heritage components are to be preserved as part of the redevelopment. This paper outlines the historical significance of the site and the condition of the remnants, concludes that preservation of some components is important, and discusses some engineering and commercial problems associated with their preservation.
Related Published resources
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- Second Australasian Conference on Engineering Heritage, Auckland, 14-16 February, 2000: Proceedings edited by Lowe, P. G.; Hill, R .F. (Auckland, New Zealand: Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand, 2000), 248 pp, https://search.informit.org/doi/book/10.3316/informit.0980960352. Details