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operating in the early 1860s. 44 After the disastrous fire in Victoria Road in 1888, the Borough Council
decreed that buildings in the main shopping area were to be constructed from bricks only. Such bricks
were presumably sourced from the many local brickworks, including the one operating in 1888 in Garden
Terrace. 45
Another brickworks was established at Stanley Bay for building the Calliope dry dock in 1880s. It was
located at the base of the cliffs behind the wharf, and the kilns were dug into the cliffs. They remained
visible for many years until they were covered by slips. 46 It was on account of these brickworks that
Stanley Bay was sometimes referred to as Brick Bay.
The Duder Bros Pottery Brick and Tile works at Ngataringa Bay was a major employer in Devonport in the
1890s through to the 1920s. The clay was dug on site to produce ornamental and common bricks, sanitary
pipes, chimney heads and tiles for bakers‟ ovens. Coal used in production was brought in the company‟s
cutter and unloaded at their wharf at the end of Church Street. A canal dug out of the Ngataringa Bay mud
enabled the bricks to be loaded directly on to scows for delivery anywhere on the Waitemata. 47
In 1942 the works were leased to the Avondale firm, Crum Brick, Tile & Pottery Co. However they did not
take up operation there, and the facility was dismantled to make way for navy housing in the 1950s.
Fig. 23. Duder Bros.‟ Brickworks, Ngataringa Bay. 1924. Photographer H. Duder, North Shore Libraries, D GBB 0016.
The third brickworks in the bay was built by the Auckland Gas Co., which bought land on the south side
of Ngataringa Bay in 1894 to manufacture bricks for their furnace chambers. This factory also produced
other clay objects such as drainage pipes. Of the many buildings once located on this site only the claystore
(used for brick manufacture and now a community workshop) and a concrete wall remain.
Places that represent this theme include:
Duders‟ Brickworks Manager‟s House 38 Lake Road, corner Hanlon Crescent
Former Gasworks, claystore and concrete wall, part of the former gasworks, 27 Lake Road, Devonport
4.2.4 Boatbuilding
44 Verran, p.90.
45 Ibid, p.93.
46 „Stanley Bay Stood for Bricks‟, Beginnings, Vol. 2 p.15.
47 „Bricks Helped Build Borough‟, Beginnings, Vol.3 p.11.
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