brickmaking
Americannoun
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Origin of brickmaking
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In the 1800s, Haverstraw, in Rockland County, was a brickmaking hub and the site of much innovation.
From New York Times • May 21, 2021
Members of brickmaking families said school closures — scheduled to last at least until December — have led to many children and adolescents working longer hours.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 15, 2020
The agency started a masonry class, but fighters intercepted its brickmaking materials.
From Washington Post • Nov. 10, 2017
She read about brickmaking and the Este family’s patronage of the arts, and she read Leon Battista Alberti and Cennino Cennini’s treatises on painting.
From The Guardian • Jun. 5, 2015
Fortunately for me I had another trade at my back, namely brickmaking.
From From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography by George Edwards M.P. O.B.E.
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