Brickmaking In The 1800s

Another very quick and clunky one today as it’s very hot and I’m still on a laptop. The two sources I used for this are linked below. This may form part one of more to come on brickmaking. I need to demonstrate how 19th century construction was very possible or my future videos are not going to make much sense. There is a lot more information in the article Mechanization of Brickmaking so definitely give it a read if you have time. History is not some playground open for freestyling. I think it needs to be dealt with properly and with thorough research; and continual testing and correcting if mistakes are made. And I’m sure I will continue to make mistakes. There are major risks to messing with history, making big claims and perpetuating a mindset that your ancestors were just inheritors. It is very obvious that tptb want us to think this way; to sever the individual from their past at a time of great impending change and potential trauma. Again, I wouldn’t take what I present here personally. And my criticism of others is strictly in relation to their research methodologies and approaches; their biased selectively over fair assessment.

Walks in the Black Country:

https://archive.org/details/walksinblackcoun00burriala

The Mechanization of Bricks:

https://www.jstor.org/stable/40061568

Sunnyside Coke Oven photo archives

https://collections.lib.utah.edu/search?q=coke+ovens+sunnyside