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Newburn bricks were mainly used for industrial buildings such as sewers, tunnels and arches. The works closed in 1965 and demolished in 1979 to make way for a council-run recycling centre. [7] Its sister plant, Throckley Brick Works, still operates. [9] In the early twentieth century, around 4,000 people lived in the area.
When the bricks were dry the kiln gang took over and their job was to take the bricks on barrows (50 at a time now) down to the kiln and stack the kiln chambers. This was the hardest job as the kiln chambers were still very hot and filled with the fumes from the coal burning. They earned more than anyone else on site but it was hard work.
London stock brick is the type of handmade brick which was used for the majority of building work in London and South East England until the increase in the use of Flettons and other machine-made bricks in the early 20th century. Its distinctive yellow colour is due to the addition of chalk.
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The Somerset Brick and Tile Museum is in Bridgwater, Somerset, England and is administered by The South West Heritage Trust. The museum is dedicated to the Brick and Tile Industry of Somerset. Bridgwater had been a centre of trade and industry since the Middle Ages , benefiting from local clay from the alluvial deposits of the River Parrett to ...
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Nikolaus Pevsner described it as "a crazy effort in blue brick." [1] Viaduct carrying the line and platforms of Birmingham Snow Hill station. Staffordshire blue brick is a strong type of construction brick, originally made in Staffordshire, England. Brick made by H Doulton & Co. of Rowley Regis, displayed in the Black Country Living Museum