Five Minute Histories: Baltimore Bricks
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- Опубликовано: 14 ноя 2023
- In its heyday, the Baltimore Brick Company produced an astonishing 150 million bricks a year! Join us today to learn about the literal building blocks of our city. Thanks for watching and stay tuned for another Five Minute Histories video soon.
This is our series called "Five Minute Histories." Every week, we’ll record a short video about a different historic place in Baltimore and post it on our Facebook page and RUclips channel.
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I have bricks from Memorial Stadium, Great video
I've never found a brickyard in Baltimore. The closest one I found was on New York Ave NE in D.C in the national arboretum. Bee hive kilns were used to build that city. Even got a lesson in firing, stacking, and drying. Almost a lost art.
Very cool!
My house was built in 1919 in reservoir hill. I have an interior brick that is clearly stamped "fall" and I think there is an "s" at the end so I believe it says "falls". Based on the fact that it's imprinted is there a way to research this/find out more? From the video it also sounds like it would be unusual to have a "fancy" brick on an interior wall. Would love to discover something about it. Thanks for all the interesting videos!
I remember seeing the remains of the Baltimore Brick Co. yard near Pulaski Hwy. and East Monument St. back around 1970-71. Pieces of red brick were scattered all over the site leaving no doubt as to what industry used to exist there.
Wow--thanks for sharing this memory.
Another early example of Baltimore brick layers' skills: The 1821 Baltimore Basilica and its dome is made of brick (with a granite facade). 1821.
Why did local brickmaking decline, when the city was still in it's growth period? Anything left of the old brickworks in Baltimore?
Good questions!
The old Baltimore Brick Co. was in East Baltimore at Pulaski Highway and East Monument St. I remember passing by its location back in the early 1970s. By then it was pretty much a cleared off lot with plenty of red clay and brick fragments strewn around.
In the 60's and 70's everyone wanted that Formstone (in the city) and the suburbs were still built with wood and were really basic (Levit homes). Bricks looked old and outdated and took lots of labor to install and fell out of favor. It was the mid 80's when bricks came back into favor. People were striping off the Formstone and even the suburbs wanted brick fronts and walkways for their houses. The market changed and like Beth Steel they didnt keep up.
What was the name or nickname of the bricks used to build the alley houses? Were they the same as the interior bricks, or were they some other grade? Thanks. Take care.