Wind Back Wednesday

In 1912, W G McAllan established the Adelaide Brick Company on Waterfall Gully Road, Burnside. In the centre of what is today known as Langman Recreation Reserve, the company built an 18 chamber Hoffman Kiln.

Clay was blasted from the hillside and fired in the kiln, which was initially powered by coal. At its peak, the plant employed 43 men and was producing 5 million bricks per annum. Production ceased in the 1960s.

Pictured here is the demolition of the chimney in 1970. A few relics of the plant remain at the Reserve.