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Workers at Hoffman Steam Pressed Brick Company

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Brown and Clarke

1905

Subcollections

Photographs

Overview

Sepia print mounted on grey-green mat board.

Historical information

Hoffman Steam Pressed Brick Company was located at the present site of the truck arrester bed and public open space on Great Eastern Highway in Greenmount, previously referred to as 24 Mile Siding in Bellevue.

The brickworks began operating in the early 1900s under the ownership of Percy Robinson of ‘Undercliffe’. It was taken over by the Coulthard Brothers. A. Coulthard is pictured in the centre standing with arms folded.

Historical aerial photos show that three claypits were located on the site right up until the 1980s when they were filled. The kilns were located slightly south of Great Eastern Highway in the vicinity of what is now Wortley Road which runs parallel to the highway.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-150-P11-02

Item type

Photographs

Themes

People
Social History

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

205 mm

Height or length

150 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Photographer's mark on lower left corner.

Contextual Information

This image is one of three in the collection that illustrate the brickwork industry in Bellevue at the turn of the 20th Century. The Hoffman Steam Pressed Brick Company was prominent in the brick industry in the Bellevue and Midland area.

Keywords

Hoffman Brickworks

Bellevue Claypits

Brickworks

Place made

Perth
Western Australia
Australia

Brown and Clarke were located at 38 Aberdeen Street, Perth.

Year

1905

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