On 2/26/02 3:22 PM, "Matthew Sterner" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Andrew,
>
> I can't speak to the fact that your brick may have been produced in
> Saskatchewan, it seems more likely that the mark represents the DIXIE FIRE
> BRICK CO., KIMBERLY, ALABAMA. (According to Jim Graves, Brick Brands of the
> United States, March 7, 2000, and Brick Manufacturers of the United States,
> March 8, 2000.) While no mention is made of a companion "Champion" mark, he
> lists the Dixie Fire Brick Co. in operation from 1935 to 1958, in Kimberly,
> Alabama.
>
> More fuel for the fire.
>
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrew Sewell" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 8:42 AM
> Subject: Help on brick id
>
>
Thanks to all that replied, I figured it would be in Gurcke but alas, I do
not have my own copy (yet).
Andrew Sewell, MS, RPA
Principal Investigator
Hardlines Design Company
Division of Archaeology
4608 Indianola Ave.
Columbus, Ohio 43214
Office Ph. 614-784-8733
Cell Ph. 614-668-9624
Fax 614-784-9336
www.hardlinesdesign.com
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