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The photo below shows the clay extrusion being cut into bricks by the rotating wire assembly. Center bricks move to the right.
Below is the clay mixing area. Reject hardened bricks are crushed and used as "grog" in the new mix.
Below shows brick product on an in-plant rail car.
Below you see the brick baking ovens.
I've been enjoying your blog quite a bit Stan. Next to steel, brick making and clay mining is one of my big interests, although I haven't spent much time on it recently. I've gotten close to modeling this industry over the years but never actually built anything, so I look forward to seeing your completed brickyard. There is a bit of a tie in to the steel industry anyway as many brick manufacturers were engaged in refractory production. In fact just this weekend I found a new link - I was reading the newer Bethlehem Steel book and found their initial coke oven batteries were built by a German firm, Didier-March. I've had for years several photographs of a narrow gauge Porter hauling fire clay at the "Didier-March" pits in Woodbridge, NJ. Explains this companies presence in the very concentrated fire clay areas around Perth Amboy, NJ.
ReplyDeleteI look forward to more of your modeling.