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In the making of firebrick, fire clay is fired in the kiln until it is partly vitrified.For special purposes, the brick may also be glazed. There are two standard sizes of fire brick: 229 mm × 114 mm × 76 mm (9 in × 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 in × 3 in) and 229 mm × 114 mm × 64 mm (9 in × 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 in × 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 in). [2]
Sketch of Evens & Howard Fire Brick prior to 1904. The Evens & Howard Fire Brick Company was a manufacturer of fire bricks, sewage pipe and gas retorts in what is now the Cheltenham neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri. It was founded formally in 1855 as the Cheltenham Fireclay Works and achieved sales as far away as Quebec [1] and Africa.
The company also supplies refractory minerals to other refractory manufacturers for use in the ceramics industries as well as in welding and road surface products. Despite the closure in the 1990s of the nearby silica pits which supplied raw materials, the company remains a major local employer. As at 2015, it employed approximately 115 people. [1]
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On January 30, 1875, Hay Walker Sr. and Samuel P. Harbison entered Articles of Agreement to purchase the interests in Star Fire Brick Company and formed the Harbison and Walker Company. Then on July 30, 1894, Harbison & Walker was incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, finally being chartered as Harbison-Walker ...
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The Elgin Butler company supplied bricks for the Texas State Capitol, 80 percent of the brick structures at the University of Texas at Austin, face brick and fire brick for fireplaces in many Austin residences, and many other brick buildings in Austin. Brick from Elgin Butler Brick Company was also used for the façade of the United States ...