Enoch Tonks (Firm)

Brick factory on 79 Webb Street, Wellington. Listed in Wise's Post Office Directories of 1914 and 1917. Not listed in the directories of 1906 and 1920.

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Horses used by Enoch Tonks' brick factory in Wellington

Date: ca 1900

From: Tonks, Hylton Gary 1940- : Tonks family records

Reference: 1/4-015535-F

Description: Teams of horses which carted bricks and clay for Enoch Tonks' brick factory in Cuba Street. From left to right: Henry Tonks, Frank Tonks, Bill McGuire, Upton, Enoch Tonks junior. On the left is a cottage built by Tonks for his workmen. Photograph taken circa 1900. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

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Brick factory of Enoch Tonks, 79 Webb Street, Wellington

Date: Before 1896

From: Tonks, Hylton Gary 1940- : Tonks family records

Reference: 1/4-015511-F

Description: Enoch Tonks' brick factory at 79 Webb Street, Wellington, taken by an unidentified photographer before 1896. Standing in the doorway is William (Bill) Tonks, son of Enoch, the foreman. Note on back of file print reads: "Brick factory in Wellngton, owned by E T Tonks, showing the main building and kiln with piles of bricks outside. The yard was at the very top of Cuba St, actually Webb St, where the Electricty Dept now stands." Brickworks taken over by Enoch Tonks (from other family members) in 1875. Shut down and demolished in 1925. Site sold to Fletchers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

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Te Aro, Wellington

Date: 1858

From: Crawford family :Photographs of James Coutts Crawford and family

By: Stock, Arthur Henry (Rev), 1823-1901

Reference: PA1-f-019-17-3

Description: View of Te Aro, Wellington, with Abel Smith Street and Willis Street intersecting. On the corner in the right foreground is the home of the Honourable A G Tollemache. The home of Reverend Arthur Henry Stock is behind it. The Mt Cook Barracks are in the right background on the hill, with the brickyard belonging to Enoch Tonks below. Taken by the Reverend Arthur Henry Stock in 1858. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Men working inside Enoch Tonks' brick factory, 79 Webb Street, Wellington

Date: [ca 1915]

From: Tonks, Hylton Gary 1940- : Tonks family records

Reference: 1/4-015536-F

Description: Men cutting slab clay inside brick sizes, inside Enoch Tonks' brick factory at 79 Webb Street, Wellington, circa 1915. From left to right: unknown, Alf Anderson, Alec Campbell, William Tonks (Enoch's son). Taken by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

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