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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]

Potters, Tile and Brick Manufacturers — Wilson, J. and Co.,

page 402

Potters, Tile and Brick Manufacturers.

Wilson, J. and Co., Manufacturers of Portland Cement, Hydraulic and Shell Lime. Office and Yard, Customs Street West, Auckland. A.B.C. code used. Portland cement was first made in Yorkshire in 1824; now it is made in nearly every civilised country. It is a compound of lime and clay. When these materials Black and white trademark logo for Wilson's Portland Cement are properly treated, the result is a true Portland cement, and every producer of such an article is entitled to use the name Portland. Messrs John Wilson and Co. are manufacturers of Portland cement, and hydraulic and shell lime. Their Portland cement stands the same tests as the imported, dries the same colour, answers the same purposes, and requires the same treatment. From May, 1897, to June, 1899, 5260 tons were used in the Napier breakwater; average seven day tensile test 445 pounds per square inch; twenty-eight days, 573. The Public Works Department has used large quantities, and the balance of the firm's extensive output is used by builders and others. The firm's Black and white trademark logo for Wilson's Hydraulic Lime hydraulic lime is a first-class lime for building purposes, free from waste, and fit for mortar, or concrete in wet or dry work. It produces a mortar, which in a few months becomes as hard as the bricks, resists the action of the weather, and insures dry buildings. Sea sand does not injure its setting properties. Concrete is unrivalled for stable, stockyard, cowshed, butter factory, barn, dripping pen and piggery floors; also for foundations, and all kinds of marine works, dams, piers and wings of bridges, culverts, tanks, dips, etc. Instructions, free. Encourage home industries. Messrs Wilson and Company secured the first award and gold medal at the Auckland Exhibition, 1899, for (1) Portland cement; (2) hydraulic lime; and (3) shell lime.

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Wilson's Portland Cement Works.

Wilson's Portland Cement Works.