Many brick kilns burned in and around St. Louis. Hydraulic Press Brick Co. was one. I once got to visit the ancient brick plant (extrusion, not hydraulic) at Columbia, Mo. When the current to the drive motor of the mull became excessive, the mull operator added a little water; that is how the mix was controlled. The flying shear cut a whopping five bricks at a time. Bob Doerr in the beautiful Missouri Ozarks ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann Parker" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 1:06 PM Subject: [MO-STLOUIS-METRO] St Louis bricks > Actually St Louis bricks were very good bricks though > I think they were made out Hermann way. There was a > brick factory out there somewhere. Ann Parker > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== > If you wish to unsubscribe from the MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List, send only the word UNSUBSCRIBE to [email protected] or if you are on the Digest List [email protected] > > >