brickmakers
Building block producers
Brickmakers are people who manufacture bricks—forming clay or other materials into rectangular blocks and firing or curing them for use in construction.
The trade is ancient, and brickmakers historically worked in brickyards or pits where suitable clay was found.
The brickmakers shaped the wet clay into molds and left them to dry in the sun.
Clay block manufactory
- brickfieldSite producing clay blocks
- clay pitSoil extraction site
- guildProfessional mutual-aid society
- tradeExchange of commodities
industrial revolution · child labor · seasonal work · migrant workers · handmade · machine-made · mass production · Mesopotamia
Decorative architectural edging
- shapingGiving something its form
- firingTerminating employment
- curingRestoring health or preserving
- dryingMoisture removal process
wedging · forming · pressing · stacking · sorting · grading · stamping · cutting
Terminating employment
- kilnOven for hardening clay
- temperatureMeasured heat intensity
- clampDevice for holding tight
- updraftUpward air movement
downdraft · burning · sintering · vitrification · cone · fuel · coal · wood-fired
Sun-dried clay bricks
- mudbrickUnfire-dried clay block
- firebrickHeat-resistant ceramic block
- clinkerFused coal residue
- paverStone for outdoor flooring
terracotta · tile · block · refractory · cladding
Physical task performer
- moulderCrumble through decay
- burnerHeat-producing device component
- setterOne who establishes
- puddlerOne who stirs molten iron
temperer · stacker · carrier · apprentice · journeyman
brickyard
Clay block manufactory
- brickfieldSite producing clay blocks
- clay pitSoil extraction site
- guildProfessional mutual-aid society
trade · industrial revolution · child labor · seasonal work · migrant workers · handmade · machine-made · mass production · Mesopotamia
molding
Decorative architectural edging
drying · wedging · forming · pressing · stacking · sorting · grading · stamping · cutting · mixing
firing
Terminating employment
- kilnOven for hardening clay
- temperatureMeasured heat intensity
- clampDevice for holding tight
updraft · downdraft · burning · sintering · vitrification · cone · fuel · coal · wood-fired · stoking
adobe
Sun-dried clay bricks
paver · terracotta · tile · block · refractory · cladding
laborer
Physical task performer
puddler · temperer · stacker · carrier · apprentice · journeyman
clay
Moldable earth for ceramics
brickmakersbricklayers
Workers laying masonry units
masons · stonemasons · builders · construction workers · tilers
brickmakersbricklayers
Workers laying masonry units
masons · architects · construction workers · roofers · carpenters