Brickyard
Factory for the manufacture of building materials made of baked clay or loam
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A brickyard[1] or brickfield[2] is a place or yard where bricks are made, fired, and stored, or sometimes sold or otherwise distributed from. Brick makers work in a brick yard. A brick yard may be constructed near natural sources of clay or on or near a construction site if necessity or design requires the bricks to be made locally.[3][4]
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Brickfield and Brickfields became common place names for former brickfields in south east England. The children's building toy called "Brickyard" (stylized as BRICKYaRD) is named after the place.
See also
- Brick clamp – Open-air brick kiln
- Brickworks, another type of place where bricks are made, often on a larger scale, and with mechanization
- Clay pit, a quarry or mine for clay
- Kiln, the type of high heat oven that bricks are baked in
References
- ^ "brickyard". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
- ^ "brickfield". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
- ^ Lovejoy, Ellis. Economies in brickyard construction and operation. Indianapolis, Ind.: T.A. Randall, 1913. Print.
- ^ Pearce, Adrian (1987). "Chalk Mining & Associated Industries of Frindsbury" (PDF). Shropshire History. Kent Underground Research Group. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
Sources
- Watt, Kathleen Ann. "Nineteenth Century Brickmaking Innovations in Britain: Building and Technological Change" (PDF). etheses. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
External links
- "Brickmaking History". brickcollecting.com. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
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