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British Bricks (Paperback)
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British Bricks (Paperback)
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Bricks are all around us, yet we seldom stop to look at them. There
is an almost infinite range of bricks and, likewise, brick colours.
Years ago every small district had its own brickworks to meet local
demand, and larger businesses began to develop alongside better
transport links that allowed them to supply regionally. Many of
these local works left a record of their existence in the form of
their name, pressed into the frog of the bricks they made - in some
cases, the only sign that they ever existed. This book uses the
named examples to look at the development and history of brickworks
in Britain and the wide range of bricks that they made. From the
single kiln in a field to the massive continuous kilns and chimneys
that grew in areas where the right clays were available, millions
of bricks were produced to feed the demands of housing, transport
and industry. Specialist requirements for bricks to resist high
temperatures were met by using fireclay and silica rock for
refractory bricks. Today there are far fewer producers, but their
output can be enormous and modern works continue to supply the
demand for the humble brick.
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