Bricks...

[cyberdigger]

Those are some sweet talkers, Bryan!!

 

[Dean]

Hello Everyone,

This is the type we dug back in the 70's.

MERRY CHRISTMAS,

Dean Marvel

 

[peejrey]

That's cool.
You know a while back, in Nashville TN, My dad told me about a spot in the street they were working on,(A busted pipeline). We went to see and sticking out from underneath the pavement were railroad ties, not for a train though. In the 1800's-1950's (rough estimate) there was a street car track. It was buried under 8 feet of asphalt, but a friend of my father's was able to get some spikes, he gave one to my dad, which he gave to me.(The family collector).
Just though i'd share.

Thanks-PJ

 

[madman]

heres my oldest brick 1849 that is

 

[JOETHECROW]

Thanks for posting those Brains....and Dean and madman...I like those old bricks and I always try to grab them when I can...Have them all over, built into the hearth, etc....Here's one I suspect is older than some of my others,...And I'll post one or two more. We have a lot of ancient brickworks, coke ovens and similar ruins around here....Penn Digger and I have hiked out of the woods many times, weighted down w/ bricks in our packs.[]

 

[JOETHECROW]

Center brick in hearth floor in house...

 

[JOETHECROW]

Pearl brick, from historic Kushequa Pa. brick works...mortared into fire-back behind woodstove in garage...

 

[JOETHECROW]

I couldn't find an actual photo, but the gateposts grown over in the woods near the brickworks are made like these...capped w/ stone slabs....still standing since the late 1800's.

 

[Brains]

I'm fortunate to live next to a million brick plants, Most are in the southeast region of ohio but we have one just up the river from Columbus in Galena.
The Mcarthur brick plant was more recently abandoned... you can go (illegally i think) tour whats left of the factory, and the house where the... well some guy who lived there worked.

 

[blobbottlebob]

Cool post Brains.

And I love that you used them in your house Joe. Very neat.

I find then from time to time while diving. I try not to take too many because, well, I find too much junk as it is. But when I get neat old ones that are debossed, I'll grab a few. I have been thinking about doing something outdoors with them. Maybe line a garden or something? They are definitely interesting. You'd have to think that there would be collectors out there somewhere?