The History and Archaeology of the Hoffman Brick and Tile Company, Melbourne, Australia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11876223 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Iain Stuart (0000-0002-8798-3614, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 129-144 |
| Publication date | 1995-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Industrial Archaeology Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0309-0728 • E-ISSN: 1745-8196 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1179/iar.1995.17.2.129 |
| OpenAlex | W2021215697 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This article discusses the history and archaeology of the Hoffman Brick and Tile Company in Melbourne, Victoria. The company was started in 1870, pioneering the use of Hoffman kilns and Bradley and Craven brickpresses in Australia. After a period of expansion from 1870 to 1890 the Company entered a period of slow decline from 1890 to 1959 when the Company was taken over.The site of the No 2 Works on Dawson St in Brunswick is still used for making bricks and an archaeological survey revealed that much remains of the technology of the 1880s when the works were first opened. The survival of so much that is old is attributed to the Company's failure to modernise their plant
Archaeology · Art · Brick · Economic history · Management · Period (music · Tile · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Australian Indigenous Culture and History · Engineering · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2017 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |