Showing posts with label Great Wall of China. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Great Wall of China. Show all posts

Sunday, May 22, 2011

How and when bricks were invented?


Bricks have been in the making for more than 10,000 years. The Great Wall of China is the best example and has been built with four billion strong bricks. In those days, clay bricks were dried in the sun and later they were dried in kilns. the oldest bricks was made in a  kiln at Kalib angan village in India and today this brick is kept in the Ancient Bricks Museum of America. In ancient times, due to under development of transport, the bricks were built near the construction site. When England decided to establish its own township, in America, English sailors took three ships full of expert masons from England to make the bricks.  The process of preparing a brick is still the same, with clay is sleeved, mixed with water and turned into a thick paste. Later it is given the shape of a brick with the help of a frame and dried in the kiln. Earlier everything was done manually and today with the advancement of technology everything is done mechanically.