Hoffman Brickworks, Brunswick
Initially established as the Hoffman Patent Brick and Tile Company on Albert St in 1870, the company soon grew after
purchasing 36 acres on Dawson St. With the addition of the new yard the Hoffman company was sitting on over 70 acres making it the largest of its kind in Victoria, revolutionising the brick industry as it was one of the first company’s to use and have the patented rights to Hoffman kilns which were developed by Friedreich Hoffman in Stettin, Prussia.
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Former Hoffman Brickworks, Brunswick