Brick Kiln
Most of the industrial equipment from the brickworks has disappeared but the kilns used to fire the bricks remain mainly intact in the 52,000 sq ft kiln house. The kilns are quite impressive and were originally 376 ft long and are known as tunnel kilns in which carts loaded with raw bricks would enter at one end of the tunnel and move along over the next 2 1/2 days going through areas of rising temperatures and then cooler ones until exiting as hard fired bricks at the other end. There have been some modifications made to the kilns by Evergreen since it seems that they have been shortened to provide better access to parts of the building. This is a shot looking down the interior of one of the kilns towards the starting point and shows the wonderful arched brick roof and the tracks on which the carts would have rolled.
Super shot Pat..we have an old brickworks here too, made me wonder how they fire bricks these days..must be a similar but faster production process I guess !
ReplyDeleteI love the light at the end of the tunnerl!
ReplyDeleteIt's a very atmospheric shot, can just picture the carts trundling along the track!
ReplyDeleteThey have kilns like this in Redwing, MN where they make Red Wing pottery.
ReplyDeleteMost interesting! I guess my first guess that it was a huge pizza oven was wrong, heh? :)
ReplyDeletei cannot imagine the heat these must have generated!
ReplyDeleteA beautiful picture. At a glance it looks like an eye staring at you, especially when it shows as a thumbnail.
ReplyDeleteGreat info too!
This is really interesting. I didn't know it took so long to make bricks. That is quite a process.
ReplyDeleteFine photo and interesting post. I like all sorts of bricks.
ReplyDeleteBricks made today can't hold a candle to what likely came from this kiln.
ReplyDeleteThey must have fired alot of work in that kiln.
ReplyDeleteMyterious! I like it.
ReplyDeleteI like the view!
ReplyDeleteFascinating!
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ReplyDelete.. And the light at the end of the tunnel :)) I like the photo.
ReplyDeleteA kiss.