Claybank Brick Plant National Historic Site and Museum
Claybank, Saskatchewan
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A Little Brick Plant in the Middle of Nowhere
Hot Spot: Hand Mold Shop

 
General view of the Brick Plant in 1930.
1 of 17 		Brick Plant in 1930, facing SW from the Bunkhouse
2 of 17 		Site plan of the Claybank Brick Plant in 1954.
3 of 17 		Setting Hand Molded Brick on edge to dry on the hot floors of the Hand Mold Shop
4 of 17 		Motor driven Bumping Stand designed and built by Ken Oakley for the Hand Mold Shop.
5 of 17 		Volunteer Kelsey Maier demonstrating the hand-molded brick process and the bumping stand.
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Volunteer Kelsey Maier demonstrating tamping of Hand Molded bricks in the Hand Mold Shop
7 of 17 		Ken Oakley (centre) demonstrates how the Bumping Stand in the Hand Mold shop was operated.
8 of 17 		Example of Hand Mold Fire brick reinserted into its original Mold.
9 of 17 		Brick Plant viewed from the south
10 of 17 		Areial view of the Plant 2003
11 of 17 		Hand Molders tamp a brick with a 2 man mold
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Specialized brick shaped were made in the Hand Mold Shop
13 of 17 		Bricks drying on the hot floors in the Hand Mold Shop
14 of 17 		Alfred Funke former Hand Molder demonstrates for visitors on June 2001 Heritage Day
15 of 17 		Volunteer Kelsey Maier demonstrating Hand Molding
16 of 17 		Premier Lorne Calvert enjoying a tour of the Claybank Brick Plant
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