Brickworks

In earlier times bricks were made at brickfields, which would be returned to agricultural use after the clay layer was exhausted.

Most brickworks have some or all of the following: Bricks were originally made by hand, and that practice continues in developing countries and with a few specialty suppliers.

Large industrial brickworks supply clay from a quarry, moving it by conveyor belt or truck/lorry to the main factory, although it may be stockpiled outside before entering the machinery.

[2] As of 2016[update], one of the largest single brickworks site in the world able to manufacture one million bricks per day stands on the banks of the Swan River in Perth in Western Australia.

clay was often transported from the quarry to the brickworks by narrow gauge railway or aerial ropeway.