Snow Hill Station

[mw0njm.]

the company had it's own brickworks located within it's rail works at Swindon (english bond)
This traditional pattern is considered to be one of the strongest bonds and is commonly used for bridges and engineering projects. It requires more facing bricks than other patterns.

 

[Donbogen]

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the company had it's own brickworks located within it's rail works at Swindon (english bond)
This traditional pattern is considered to be one of the strongest bonds and is commonly used for bridges and engineering projects. It requires more facing bricks than other patterns.

Yes english bond when i built the the extension on house we just moved from i used english bond but every few course i went header stretcher
only to use up excess reclaimed brickss

 

[mikejee]

According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staff...ack to,producers of Staffordshire blue bricks., The largest producer of blue bricks was Joseph Hamblat, of West Bromwich, which was formed in 1851, coincidentally perhaps, but at about the time the tunnel was being constructed

 

[mw0njm.]

Yes english bond when i built the the extension on house we just moved from i used english bond but every few course i went header stretcher
only to use up excess reclaimed brickss

flemish?

 

[mw0njm.]

i wonder how many new structures are built with reclaimed GWR snowhill bricks

 

[Donbogen]

flemish?

Boy long time since i heard that I

 

[Richard Dye]

According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staffordshire_blue_brick#:~:text=The industry dates back to,producers of Staffordshire blue bricks., The largest producer of blue bricks was Joseph Hamblat, of West Bromwich, which was formed in 1851, coincidentally perhaps, but at about the time the tunnel was being constructed

That’s actually a good idea if the bricks could be moved by rail to Snow Hill.