After a monolith’s demise in Mexico, Mo., small businesses see ...
WEBJan 30, 2019. Down a cracked asphalt road overgrown with weeds and behind a chain-link fence plastered with “no trespassing” signs, the A.P. Green firebrick plant sits abandoned.
The Bricks That Built St. Louis - Saint Louis Bank Blog
WEBAug 12, 2021 · There is a lot of clay in the Mississippi Valley. The rivers and streams that trickle into the Missouri River collide with the Mississippi, and hundreds of millions of years of sediment erosion deposit right underneath St. Louis. In the 19th century, clay was accessible, abundant, and everywhere.
Missouri Brick Company
WEBMissouri Brick Company. Products & Manufacturers. Project Reference List. Project Photographs. Shapes & Sizes.
A. P. Green - SHSMO Historic Missourians
WEBA. P. Green was a successful manufacturer who brought jobs and economic growth to Missouri. His fire brick business, also known as the refractory industry, became a multimillion-dollar firm with branches all over the world. His refractory products contributed significantly to the largest period of industrial growth in United States history.
Built St. Louis: Clay, Part 1 | Missouri Historical Society
WEBThe story of St. Louis becoming a brick metropolis is one of getting extremely geographically lucky.
What was special about A.P. Green fire bricks? - Missouri Life …
WEBJul 22, 2022 · Allen Percival Green is born in Jefferson City. A.P. Green made Missouri famous for our clay, which he made into fire bricks. The bricks that he produced at the factory in Mexico, Missouri, were extremely valuable, because they were fire-resistant.
St. Louis Area Brickmakers | National Building Arts Center
WEBSt. Louis Area Brickmakers. Production, Location, and Known dates of operation. AMERICAN HYDRAULIC PRESS BRICK CO. 3 plants: Collinsville Illinois; Thomas Landing, Illinois; and Grand Avenue & Broadway. Dry press common, stock & ornamental brick, fire brick, fireproofing & wall coping. 1890—.
Hydraulic Brick Company: The Early Years, by Mimi Stiritz
WEBWhile disavowing any intention “to puff machine-made brick,” Sterling offered proof that Hydraulic brick was indeed desirable for exterior facing on important projects, citing the example of the new city waterworks under construction in 1869 at Bissell’s Point on the Mississippi River.
Shop Pavers, Bricks & Natural Stone | Stockman Stoneworks
WEBThe #1 Brick, Block & Stone Supplier in Missouri. When it comes to top-notch American-made brick, block, and stone, look no further than Stockman Stoneworks. We're thrilled to create our exceptional products in the heart of Missouri and deliver them to suppliers and contractors throughout the Midwest.
St. Louis Brick by Brick - Belt Magazine
WEBAug 30, 2023 · St. Louis Brick by Brick. To understand the history of St. Louis’s bricks is to unearth systems of power, economy, dispossession, decline, and manifest destiny; the storybook decorative brickwork we see today becomes a tale as complex—and as sinister—as American history itself. By Anjulie Rao.
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