Any privy diggers ever seen this before?

[RICKJJ59W]

ORIGINAL: tftfan

my first thought, but not if it keeps going down.

na the bricks are smoke and burn free

 

[sem_yeto]

I've seen lots of brick-lined square pits go round after 4' or so, probably because they were deep, and round is more stable as MaxBitters stated. (the arch principal=strength).
What would bother me Rick, is that most Fire Brick like those in your pics , that I've seen, arent real old where I dig. If it were in my area, i would say it by the firebricks, that your hole is no older than 1890

Sem

 

[RICKJJ59W]

ORIGINAL: Ratzilla

It's very, very common to find deep holes in Philly that go from a square foundation box to a round pit like that, perhaps your privy builder used to work in Philly....the fire brick construction is odd, but I've seen all sorts of recycled weirdness used to build holes, if someone was trying to get rid of any sort of stone or masonary stuff the privy builders would happily use it, who was gonna see it down there? I've even seen holes switch material (stone to brick, clinker brick to soft brick, etc.) halfway down, when they used up one load and started another. I have yet to find a privy wall constructed of old bottles yet, though - but still hoping[]...

Maybe there is a privy made of bottles behind this house??[]

Check out the site bottle houses

http://rhyolitesite.com/bottle1.html

 

[RICKJJ59W]

ORIGINAL: sem_yeto

I've seen lots of brick-lined square pits go round after 4' or so, probably because they were deep, and round is more stable as MaxBitters stated. (the arch principal=strength).
What would bother me Rick, is that most Fire Brick like those in your pics , that I've seen, arent real old where I dig. If it were in my area, i would say it by the firebricks, that your hole is no older than 1890

Sem

thats why I was trying to find out when "Clearfield" started and stopped making bricks. Like I said the house is 1880 and we didn't get an 80 pit yet.

 

[RED Matthews]

Thank you RICKJJ59W Fantastic work and history. It really gave me a lot of memories because I visited this house several years ago when we made a big circular trip in our Motorhome from NY to Chicago IL to Seatle Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada. Arizona and then working back to New York. I don't how many glass factories we called on but it was over a two month trip.

We visited that bottle house on that trip. I also saw one in Australia a few years later, but I don't remember where it was - there. That was quite a rebuild - but I didn't see exactly when it was done, in the linked pictures. There was another one I saw years ago - but I can't even remember where that one was.

RED Matthews

 

[RED Matthews]

I just went back to the whole coverage and read all the details and construction pictures. It is just a great job and Rick - I would like to gain some of your computer savy and homepage creation concepts. I have one started but I have a heck of a time putting all the blogs together that I know should be created for others to enjoy. Great work. RED Matthews

 

[surfaceone]

Hey Rick,

Remember this part:

"No. 1 Clearfield Fire Brick Works, Erected, 1873 By Clearfield Fire Brick Co." From.

Are you gonna add any to your brick collection?

 

[RICKJJ59W]

ORIGINAL: RED Matthews

I just went back to the whole coverage and read all the details and construction pictures. It is just a great job and Rick - I would like to gain some of your computer savy and homepage creation concepts. I have one started but I have a heck of a time putting all the blogs together that I know should be created for others to enjoy. Great work. RED Matthews

I just kind of wing it Red [] but I could help you.

 

[RICKJJ59W]

ORIGINAL: surfaceone

Hey Rick,

Remember this part:

"No. 1 Clearfield Fire Brick Works, Erected, 1873 By Clearfield Fire Brick Co." From.

Are you gonna add any to your brick collection?

Brick collection? when did I start a brick collection?My wife would kill me if I started collecting bricks [8D]

 

[surfaceone]

ORIGINAL: RICKJJ59W

Brick collection? when did I start a brick collection?My wife would kill me if I started collecting bricks [8D]

I try to drag home some of the cooler "talking" bricks. I think that Clearfield Stove is just the sort I would be grabbing, especially since it's your dating point, if nothing else.

I would say this, though not having the remotest clue of your home landscape situation. You could have a talking brick path, patio, gazebo floor, border or somesuch, that the bride might think was somehow charming.

The first brick that really spoke to me was the Worlds Fair:

I'm not trying to make work for you, either. Criminy, I already made you late for work. [8D]

Here's one of Zane's old threads, and here's some From Todd.

From.