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 Molds were made of knotless maple and strapped with steel bands

 
Motor driven Bumping Stand designed and built by Ken Oakley for the Hand Mold Shop.
1 of 12 		Volunteer Kelsey Maier demonstrating the hand-molded brick process and the bumping stand.
2 of 12 		Volunteer Kelsey Maier demonstrating tamping of Hand Molded bricks in the Hand Mold Shop
3 of 12 		Hand Molds made by the full time Carpenter.
4 of 12 		Examples of 'roman arch'.
5 of 12 		Examples of some of the hundreds of brick Hand Molds stored at the Brick Plant.
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Example of Hand Mold Fire brick reinserted into its original Mold.
7 of 12 		Display of Hand Molds in the Carpenter's Shop
8 of 12 		Numerous Hand Mold stored in the Carpenter's Shop
9 of 12 		Hundreds of Hand Molds are stored in the Carpenter's Shop. Photo by: Parry Johnson
10 of 12 		Handmolded brick in its original mold
11 of 12 		Carpenter making a Hand Mold using a brace and bit, 1940's
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