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Clay has been used to make bricks since Roman times. Before the advent of mechanization, brickmaking was a seasonal job, mainly undertaken in the...
Continued Below Added: 16th Jun 2005 by Diane Earl
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spring and summer months. In the winter months, clay diggers worked by hand with narrow bladed spades to collect clay ready to be used in the summer months. Brickmaking was a very slow process until the 1930s, when the drag line – a giant machine, which scooped large quantities of clay and delivered it via a conveyor belt to the factory - was introduced.
Subjects: Science, History, Geography
Key Stages: KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, KS4+ Learning Groups: Teachers, Parents, Pupils, Others |
