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The Hoffmann Kiln at the disused Oakwell Brickworks, Ilkeston, is a grade II listed structure. This has not afforded it any protection from the depradations of the weather and the local populace, and it is now in a sad and ruinous condition. There have been attempts to have the site zoned for housing development but the use of the claypit as a dump for toxic waste may stop this. In a few years the listed kiln will probably have collapsed altogether.

The external doors ("wickets") on the Hoffman kiln at the brickworks in Reshui, Mongolian Autonomous Region.

In China most villages seem to have their own brickworks to supply local demand. In this area between Daban and Chifeng in the Mongolian Autonomous Region was the valley of the brickworks with many kilns making pipes, tiles and bricks. The straw covering is essential to protect the green pipes from night time frosts.

The external doors ("wickets") on the Hoffman kiln at the brickworks in Reshui, Mongolian Autonomous Region.