Brick production was mechanised but the product was still moved in hand barrows when Reece Brothers brickworks in Christchurch was photographed in the early 20th century. Small brickworks like this were built wherever there was a suitable supply of clay and a market for the bricks.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Steffano Webb Collection (PAColl-3061)
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Photograph by Steffano Francis Webb
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