Driving Creek Pottery Kiln, Coromandel, New Zealand
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S 36° 44.226 E 175° 30.260
60H E 366460 N 5933248
A brick kiln at the Driving Creek Potteries,380 Driving Creek Rd, Coromandel. One of the largest collection of kilns in New Zealand.
Waymark Code: WM8848
Location: North Island, New Zealand
Date Posted: 02/18/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Crystal Sound
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This small kiln has had hundreds of firings which explaines the glazed bricks inside. When the temperature reaches 1300 degrees Celcius baking soda is thrown into the fire boz which formes a glaze on the pottery stacked in the chamber. Dry pine wood is used to fire the kiln because of it's excessive heat.
Type of Oven / Kiln: Brick

Status: Inactive

Operating Dates: 1973 till used for display purposes only

Website: [Web Link]

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