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Winstone Clay Products Limited: Company number: 41386; NZBN: 9429040752006; Incorporation Date: 15Oct1920; removed 15Aug2000; The series consists of views of the Plimmerton Tile Works and the plant at Taumarunui; Included are interior and exterior views of the plant, aerial views, products and machinery, the kiln and other factory processes. Also the clay pits and yard of the plant and some staff photographs; The first ten items are of the factory at Taumarunui.

The Plimmerton factory was formerly called the Plimmerton Roofing Tile Works and the controlling agency was Winstone Clay Products Ltd

The products manufactured included roof tiles, field tiles, sewer pipes and bricks

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1945-1964

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Winstone Ltd

Winstones Clay Products Ltd

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P6103

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Winstone Clay Products Ltd: Tile Works - Plimmerton, north of Porirua/Wellington and Taumarunui, King Country

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1952 Taumarunui Brick & Tile Works, King Country - rebuilt after fire; 1952; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1953 Taumarunui Brick & Tile Works, King Country - Manager, V C Fittal and Clerk, R T Crutchley; 1953; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1953 Taumarunui Brick & Tile Works, King Country - Manager, V C Fittal; Foreman, C R Jarvis; L Voss; A Sullivan;; 1953; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1953 Taumarunui Brick & Tile Works, King Country - staff; 1953; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1954 Taumarunui Brick & Tile Works, King Country - Mennicken Tile Press and Bat Conveyor; 1954; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1952 Taumarunui Brick & Tile Works, King Country - tile room; 1952; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1952 Taumarunui Brick & Tile Works, King Country - interior of kiln being loaded with tiles prior to burning; 1952; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1952 Taumarunui Brick & Tile Works, King Country - Foreman, C R Jarvis; 1952; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1952 Taumarunui Brick & Tile Works, King Country - quarry; 1952; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1952 Taumarunui Brick & Tile Works, King Country - setting and drag staff; 1952; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1952 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - press machine for roofing tiles; 1952; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1952 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - roofing tiles - de-airing Pugmill; 1952; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1946 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, new mill, north of Porirua/Wellington - roofing tiles - view of tunnel kiln building from road; 1946; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1952 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - roofing tiles - view of storage yard showing stocks of hollow bricks and 4-inch field pipe; 1952; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1952 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - roofing tiles stacked on trucks ready for proceeding into the kiln (2x items); 1952; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1952 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - part of the recently erected Pipe Drying Area, showing 6-inch and 9-inch diameter sewer pipes; 1952; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1952 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - roofing tiles - part of the recently erected Pipe Drying Area, showing 6-inch diameter sewer pipes; 1952; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1952 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - Roofing Tiles - 6-inch diameter sewer pipes; 1952; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1952 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - Roofing Tiles - section of glazed ware ranging from 4-inch and 9-inch sewer and field pipes; 1952; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1952 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - Roofing Tiles - inside plant showing Fait-Root Heath Automatic Cutter in operation; 1952; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1952 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - Roofing Tiles - view of portion of yard stocks (a-b); 1952; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1952 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - Roofing Tiles - pipes (close up); 1952; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1952 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - Roofing Tiles - pipes; 1952; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1952 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - pipes; 1952; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1952 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - pipes; Circa 1952; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1957 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - Manager, W Vose; 1957; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1960 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - general view of production area showing layout with field extrusion and brick manufacturing; 1960; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1960 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - field tile extruded as a continuous tube are wire cut to length; 1960; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1960 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - the Keller Fullautomat cuts into bricks and places them on pallets; 1960; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1960 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - the entrance to one half of the Keller Klima Tunnel Dryer; 1960; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1960 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - the exit door construction with core insulation; Cars of dried bricks are withdrawn after travelling through the 100ft tunnel dryer in 80 hours; 1960; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1960 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - the Ketter instrument panel indicates temperature and humidity in the tunnel dryer; 1960; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1960 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - the Ketterdescender removes the dried bricks from outside the car; 1960; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1960 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - the bricks are auto separated from the pallets; 1960; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1963 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - view of the production area; 1963; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1957 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - staff back row (l-r) C W McConchie; J Death; K Warren; S Chatfield; front row (l-r) H L Montgomery; J A Nelmes; H Raby; Mrs M K Murphy;; 1957; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1957 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - Harry Toss with Caterpillar DC6 bulldozer clearing up the floor before loading clay; 1957; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1957 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - Harry Toss with Caterpillar DC6 bulldozer loading clay; 1957; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1957 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - Harry Toss loading clay at the clay pit for the factory; 1957; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1957 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - clay supplies being tipped into bins at factory for brick manufacturing; 1957; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1957 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - day supplies being tipped into bins for feeding production lines; 1957; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1957 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - large pieces of clay are crushed and mixed into Pan-mill; 1957; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1960 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - clay from Pan-mill presses through high speed roll for further grinding; 1960; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1960 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - clay column automatically cut into three bricks; 1960; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1960 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - field tile in two foot lengths being extruded and cut; 1960; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1960 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - 4-inch drain channels being extruded and cut before transfer to trolley; 1960; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1960 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - staff members Gutherie and Monat get field tiles and bricks on the kiln cars for firing in the tunnel kiln; 1960; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1960 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - Factory foreman, J Nelmes examines a truck of fired bricks and field tiles; 1960; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1960 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - salt glazed sewer pipes and fittings in the kiln, Tom Row and assistant putting the ware on the conveyor belt for transfer to road truck; 1960; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1960 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - salt glazed sewer pipes; 1960; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1960 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - salt glazed sewer pipes coming from Periodic kiln on conveyor belt; 1960; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1960 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - Joe Ellison loads racks of field tiles to take to the nearby Plimmerton railway station; 1960; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1960 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - field tiles being loaded onto rail wagons at the nearby Plimmerton railway station; 1960; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1964 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - skilled workman putting the finishing touches to complex clay products; 1964; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1964 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - interior view of factory; 1964; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1964 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - cars of miscellaneous products at the entrance of the Plimmerton kiln; 1964; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1964 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - stockpiling tiles in yard; 1964; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1964 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - man driving bulldozer in clay quarry; 1964; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1964 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - truck loaded with field tiles; 1964; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1965 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - aerial view; 1965; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1965 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - staff in front of factory; Back Row (l-r) E Amey; B G Hobson; M L Lechie; F J Doyle; A J Martindale; P C Downes; D Gray; H Raby; N Blong; K Pine; Third Row (l-r): C R Jarvis; H Harlen; D P Olsen; N E Shirtcliffe; D E Shirtcliffe; S Stephens; A M Kennedy; J Hodge; R Tutahi; E R Kamau; W E Fowler; Second Row (l-r): E Delaney; A J Mullin; C Barhle; D G Hansen; B E Cooper; T Taiahi; G J Rowe; Front Row (l-r): Mrs J K Burgess; A Javorsky; I R Davey; A J Nelmes; S G Chatfield; I C Hope; J R Wilson; G Dawson; J A Bleasdale; Mrs M K Murphy; Absent: F J Bridgeman; P M A Coles; R S Coles; G McManaway; I R Stewart; A J Trembath; B J Marter; R H Robinson; J B McEvoy; Recently Employed: T F van Soest; C C Trainor; J O'Carrol; S C Mahe;; 1965; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1965 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - interior view of factory; 1965; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1965 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - yard and products; 1965; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1960 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - aerial view; Circa 1960; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1955 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington; Circa 1955; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1955 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - clay pit; Circa 1955; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1969 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - general view; Circa 1969; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1969 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - interior of plant; Circa 1969; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1969 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - extrusion and wipe cutting a textured roman brick (overs); Circa 1969; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1969 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - three men; Circa 1969; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1963 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - aerial view; 1963; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1965 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - aerial view; 1963; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1930 Taumarunui Brick & Tile Works, King Country; 1930; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1925 Taumarunui Brick & Tile Works, King Country; 1925; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1951 Taumarunui Brick & Tile Works, King Country - fire at the works; 1951; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1945 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, new mill, north of Porirua/Wellington - site preparation; 1945; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1945 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, new mill, north of Porirua/Wellington - buildings under construction; 1945; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1945 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works - new mill, north of Porirua/Wellington - buildings under construction; 1945; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1946 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works - new mill, north of Porirua/Wellington; Circa 1946; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1946 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works - new mill, north of Porirua/Wellington - interior; Circa 1946; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1946 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works - new mill, north of Porirua/Wellington - tiles stacked ready for loading into kilns; Circa 1946; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1946 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works - new mill, north of Porirua/Wellington - interior; Circa 1946; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1946 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works - new mill, north of Porirua/Wellington - workmen; Circa 1946; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1967 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - two men looking at tiles; 1967; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1946 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works - new mill, north of Porirua/Wellington - tiles laid in garden; 1946; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1946 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works - new mill, north of Porirua/Wellington - tiles laid in industrial building floor; 1946; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1946 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works - new mill, north of Porirua/Wellington - quarry tiles; Circa 1946; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1967 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - man building wall on construction site; 1967; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1946 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works - new mill, north of Porirua/Wellington - facing brick; 1946; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1968 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - red quarry tiles; 1968; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1970 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, north of Porirua/Wellington - bricks in kitchen; 1970; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1946 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, new mill, north of Porirua/Wellington - tiles laid in front of house; Circa 1946; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1945 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, new mill, north of Porirua/Wellington - under construction; 1945; Photograph

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1945 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, new mill, north of Porirua/Wellington - under construction; 1945

Winstone Clay Products Ltd: 1945 Plimmerton Brick & Tile Works, new mill, north of Porirua/Wellington - under construction; 1945; Photograph

My father Stan Chatfield was the Technical Manager at Winstone Clay Products at Plimmerton from 1951 until is retirement in 1987. I am so pleased to see that you have such a good record of photographs and would like to know whether you are interested in adding to your collection both in photographs and written material which I have in my possession.

- Vivienne Hawken

Posted on 06-08-2021 02:34:04

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