BrickCollecting.com is a great resource for brick collectors and history buffs.
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Brick Collecting .com
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Excerpted from the website:
- Collecting old brick is a growing hobby. Some call it a crazy hobby, but to find, touch and own a piece of history can be very rewarding...and fun.
Bricks were produced in many areas around the United States and Canada where craftsmen brought their skills from Europe to places that had the right type of clay suitable for brickmaking and good access to transportation.
One such area, the Hudson River Valley in New York State, with its abundance of clay and an excellent water link to New York City, churned out millions of bricks, mostly near the turn of the 20th century. In Haverstraw, in Rockland County, NY, there is the Haverstraw Brick Museum. In the 1880’s there were over 40 brickyards in the Haverstraw area. Many buildings in New York City are made with bricks manufactured in Haverstraw.
At one time, the state of Connecticut had more than 200 brickmaking companies. As a result of past glaciation periods, many clay deposits dot the state and many of these were exploited to make bricks. The history of brickmaking in the state is explored in a special section of the Connecticut Museum of Mining and Mineral Science.
I hope you enjoy this web site and would love to hear your comments. --Don Bayley, Riverdale, NY. (IBCA #1347)
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English
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- Sandwich MA US
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Additional Information
This web site has several main sections:
Brickmaking History How bricks were made; Inventions, Machines, PatentsHudson River Brickmaking: The extent of the industry in New York and northern New Jersey, now with an interactive map version
Our Collection: Bricks from the Hudson River Valley and New England with brief notes on the history of the yards and towns where they were made Visitors' Page: Here you can post comments and questions and, if you have a collection, tell us about it and post pics Links: Other web sites with fun and interesting information all about brick(s) Brick Collections Around the World: From Russia to New Zealand to Japan, this is truly an international hobby The Olde Brick Book Store: Hard-to-find gems of Hudson Valley lore, history and mystery
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