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Brunner coke and brick works

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Brunner coke and brickworks

As the Brunner mine expanded, spin-off industries developed on the site. The coke and brick works are shown here about 1900. From the late 1970s the site was a focus of conservation efforts. It can now be visited, and display panels provide information about its social and industrial history.

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Alan Sherwood and Jock Phillips, Coal and coal mining – The 19th century, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/7428/brunner-coke-and-brick-works (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Alan Sherwood and Jock Phillips, published 2 March 2009.