[COR WTC] Bricks for Mesabi Landing!

[Darnok]

It is early in the morning, when the heat of the days had not yet set in, as Mordo inspects the new Brick Factory near Mesabi Landing. While Argentia lacks the rich vegetation of most of the islands in the New World, it provides excellent clay, which the WTC makes good use of by producing high-quality bricks.

 

Inside the factory building the production went smoothly:

 

 

In the first step the clay is mixed with water to the desired consistency, as well as to remove any air enclosed (which could make the bricks burst during the later burning process). Then the refined clay is pressed into moulds and left to dry. Since the drying must not happen too fast - to minimise the risk of cracks in the bricks - here the moulds are places on small wagons and close to the building under roofs:

 

Once the bricks are full dried, they are burned over constant fire - here we see a worker check the oven over the fireplace, were the next batch of bricks will soon be placed:

 

Outside, the latestt production run of finished bricks is waiting to build up Mesabi Landing to magnificent glory! Or to be sold...

 

Licensed as a medium factory for Mesabi Landing.

 

 

P.S.: I only noticed now, after editing and posting the pictures, that one of the windows is missing its "glass"... D'Oh! That was not intentional!

[Roadmonkeytj]

This is a fine brick factory indeed ... Im liking your ovens lately lol

 

And I just figured Agnes had stopped by the factory and that's why there was no window lol

[Professor Thaum]

A nice one !

Really beautiful !