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Lucy, I found Berry's firebricks at the 1826-27 McIntosh Sugarhouse, near
St. Mary's, Ga.
"BERRY'S
PREM.
FIRE - PROOF"
In Georgia's Disputed Ruins, Coulter (1937:221) reports "BERRYS IMP. FIRE
PROOF" bricks from the same site (I saw none of the latter). I suspected
that they were from some where along the fall-line but could never prove it.
Thomas H. Eubanks, Ph.D., RPA
State Archaeologist
Louisiana Division of Archaeology
PO Box 44247
Baton Rouge, LA 70804
225-342-8170 Ph.
225-342-4480 Fax.
www.crt.state.la.us <http://www.crt.state.la.us> (click archaeology)
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Subject: firebricks
Hi Listmembers--
Has anyone got information on a brick identified as "Berry's Premium
Firebrick"? We recovered samples from two early 19th century sugar
boiling
house sites in coastal Florida (ca. 1800-1836). Sort of
buff-colored, hard
and well-made, as would be expected for firebrick. A source and
date range
would be great.
Larry Buhr, brick expert extraordinaire, came up with a later Berry
group of
brickmakers in Columbus, GA (late 19th c.), so maybe ancestors of
this group?
Thanks in advance.
Lucy Wayne
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