BRICK BLOG

JJJ

noreply@blogger.com (Don B., Webmaster) — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 22:54:00 +0000

AnonymousFeb 22, 2012 07:40 PM

Hi, I live in New Windsor, NY and I found several old bricks with JJJ inscription, in the woods behind my house. I saw they are from the Jova family brickworks. The ones I have are almost mint just weathered. They are the same as the #3 you have in your collection. Can you tell me how old they are and if they are worth anything

Thanks for any info you can give me,

Helene

Worked at JOVA yard

noreply@blogger.com (Don B., Webmaster) — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:17:00 +0000

JackH46Feb 12, 2012 04:14 PM

I am originally from Newburgh, NY and am related to the Jova family. My grandmother's sister was married to Joseph Jova who I assume, was one of the "Jova Boys". The timeline might be right, though Uncle Joe might have been a grandson. He would have been born in the late 1800's.

I worked at the brickyard one summer between high school and college. I was a member of a seven or eight member "gang" who packed brick into the stacks that were strapped and shipped. We worked from 6 AM until 2:30 PM or whenever we packed 100,000 brick for the day. We also received a pay differential if we had to pack hot brick. We wore heavy duty leather mitts. Bathroom breaks were not encouraged. We drank water by a ladle out of a bucket. The jig in which we had to pack a 7-9 brick "line" was moved along every 10-15 seconds. It was great money for an eighteen year old, but very tough work. I drove home every day covered in red dust.

A high school buddy and his wife stayed with us on their travels. He gave me a "Jova" brick that he found since he worked on the construction of the Danskammer power plant. I've been back once or twice, but I could not find anything I recognized.

I enjoyed reading your site.

Jack Hornbeck, Norfolk, VA

Duffney "Cross"

noreply@blogger.com (Don B., Webmaster) — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 02:30:00 +0000

standup2p said...

Does anyone know the genisis of the cross in the ?? on Duffney Bricks

CBMA

noreply@blogger.com (Don B., Webmaster) — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 02:27:00 +0000

If you are curious about the "cross" or rope and pulley symbol found on some branded brick, it is the mark of the Common Brick Manufacturers Association (CBMA).

If members dues were paid up, they were allowed to use the mark.
Fred Rieck told me there was an instance, where a once upon a time CBMA member (a manufacturer) who was not up-to-date on dues had to chisel the symbol out of his molds, leaving a patchy rectangle molded into the brick where the symbol had been.

J D

noreply@blogger.com (Don B., Webmaster) — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 02:10:00 +0000

KA-TON-KA said...

Thanks for the website. I have 3 JD bricks I'm trying to ID. Graves Brick Brands has LA, NJ, & NY as possibles. Andy has J D John Derbyshire A Haverstraw listed but no photo. Could I get his email to send my pix for a positive ID? My email is entpha@gmail.com.

Thanks,

John Langston IBCA 1145

CT&BCo

noreply@blogger.com (Don B., Webmaster) — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 02:04:00 +0000

josh said...

Hi

I found a brick under my house in Minnesota that says CT&BCo The letters are pressed in and not raised. I havent been able to find any info on the manufacturer. Any info would help.

Thanks

PLA-STI

noreply@blogger.com (Don B., Webmaster) — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:00:00 +0000

grrl8trax said...

Found a common ref clay building brick with PLA-STI in the frog. Any clue as to who made these? I found it in Brookline, Ma.

BUCKEYE SP

noreply@blogger.com (Don B., Webmaster) — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:57:00 +0000

Lisa said...

Hello. I live in a century home (1870) in Northeast Ohio. There are several paving bricks that line the bottom of our fireplace. One of them is stamped in block letters: BUCKEYE SP

Any info on this? Thanks!

Buckeye Fire Brick

noreply@blogger.com (Don B., Webmaster) — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:49:00 +0000

Roger Cannon said...

Help. I know hardly anything about my grandfather on my mother side. My grandmother died when my mother was 1 yr 7 months old and he was not able to take care of 12 kids. So they went to the Roseville Ohio home for children. I just found the draft registry form for my grandfather and it says he worked at the Buckeye Fire Brick clay company what appears to be Scioto County ohio, around Portsmouth ohio. Well you have the history, here is my request, does anyone have ANY INFORMATION at all on this company? Also I would love to own a Brick from there. He work there around 5 June 1917. I know this because of his Draft Registration Card. My email address is cannon@sisna.com. I live in Utah.

My grandfathers name was Immanuel Tolbert (for some reason it was changed later in the family to Talbert)

Any help would be great I would love to learn more.

Thank you Roger Cannon

WWCo, Sparta

noreply@blogger.com (Don B., Webmaster) — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 02:19:00 +0000

Anonymous said...

Have two bricks I would like more info. on. They both came from a wooded area in Northwestern, Ohio. They were used to hold sap pans above a fire in an old maple syrup camp.

W.W. Co.

SPARTA - Mineral Springs, Ohio

STILES

noreply@blogger.com (Don B., Webmaster) — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 03:57:00 +0000

Anonymous said...

I have a brick with STILES in block letters, not script. When was this imprint used?

Birmingham Alabama

noreply@blogger.com (Don B., Webmaster) — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 03:34:00 +0000

Anonymous said...

I have a old brick stamped: Overland-Inglis Brimingham Alabama. What is the history of this brick? Thanks

SAGE

noreply@blogger.com (Don B., Webmaster) — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 01:42:00 +0000

Just completed a new SAGE section on the website.
SEE IT HERE

U.B. & T.C., ACME

noreply@blogger.com (Don B., Webmaster) — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 23:56:00 +0000

I have a brick from a farm in Okarchee, OK(actually it looks like a cinder block but made out of brick material. It was from a wash house attached to a house and some of the "bricks" were imprinted with ACME TILE and mine was marked with U.B. oc T.C.~. This building was built prior to 1918 when my grandfather bought the farm. I saw similar "bricks" in the devastation of the OKC bombing on display at the memorial in a building that was built in 1923. Your search area did not pull any info. Does anyone know of these markings?

SAGE

noreply@blogger.com (Don B., Webmaster) — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:15:00 +0000

Anonymous said...

Hi I am removing a brick driveway from a house built in the 50s in Rhode Island there are two bricks named Clark and Sage in searches I can't find any info on where they came from just curious - any info appreciated.
Robert Higgins - mrhigginsus@yahoo.com

ACME TILE

noreply@blogger.com (Don B., Webmaster) — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 22:51:00 +0000

Anonymous said...

CLARK

noreply@blogger.com (Don B., Webmaster) — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 22:45:00 +0000

Petesr said...

I have bricks mark with name of CLARK on them does any body know the history of them?

LEMIEUX

noreply@blogger.com (Don B., Webmaster) — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 01:29:00 +0000

Anonymous said...

The flash flooding from tropical storm Arlene has freed some bricks from the earth. One brick labeled "LEMIEUX" was found in an area that had mills, button, bicycle rim, and other manufacturing buildings in the 1830's. I am curious about the origin of a seemingly French named manufacturer of brick that was found in the mountains of central Vermont.
Any information would be appreciated. Thanks.
John

Carlyle

noreply@blogger.com (Don B., Webmaster) — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 19:00:00 +0000

Anonymous said...

I have about 20 bricks stamped Carlyle, Inc, Made in USA. They each have a dozen small holes in them, and are a blonde/tan color. Anyone know any history about them? I live in Madison, WI.

B. Co.

noreply@blogger.com (Don B., Webmaster) — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:58:00 +0000

Anonymous said...

My wife found a red clay brick that has "B. Co." written on it. She found the brick in Beachville, Ontario, Canada. She found it at a former cement plant.

ROYAL

noreply@blogger.com (Don B., Webmaster) — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:56:00 +0000

DMW said...

June 22, 2011

I found a few bricks while hiking on a friend's property. One has the word ROYAL carved and is light in color - cracked in two pieces. Another is light in color, really worn but looks to say Clay {ca'nt make it out} Company, then has CPC in the middle, and at the bottom has what looks to be Sioux City IOWA. Also found a nice Laclede brick last year in the same area. Any ideas? Thanks so much. Just getting into this hobby and enjoying it greatly.

WHAT IS IT?

noreply@blogger.com (Don B., Webmaster) — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:50:00 +0000

Jimmy The Dentist said...

Just found a brick piece in Lake Erie, near Dunkirk/Fredonia. Looks as if it's been in the lake for a long time and has a partial label/writing that reads in two lines:

"AME
BL"

AnyOne have any idea

H W CROWN

noreply@blogger.com (Don B., Webmaster) — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 21:25:00 +0000

Anonymous said...

I have several wedge shaped fire brick with the letters H W and under that CROWN under that numbers 66 80 any idea what these mean ?

M B C

noreply@blogger.com (Don B., Webmaster) — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 21:23:00 +0000

Anonymous said...

We are in the process of tearing down an old building in Wisconsin and most of the bricks have nothing on them but found some with M B C my grandson took some and I am trying to give him some history with them. We know the building was built in the early 1800.

AMERICAN EN.B.&T. CO. N.Y

noreply@blogger.com (Don B., Webmaster) — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 21:09:00 +0000

Jeremy Yount said...

Hi I'm from Western North Carolina and I work for a Construction Company. We are currently doing demolition on a very old Mental Hospital. I starting finding some brick with writing and a year on them. I'm just trying to find out where they were made. They are dated 1921 & 1922 and on the other side the read (AMERICAN EN.E.&T. CO. N.Y.). If any one can help, let me know. A lot of these brick are being crushed up and I have saved about a dozen of them. Email me if anyone has any info. jeremyyount@embarqmail.com