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A standard concrete block is internationally equivalent to the dimensions of three standard bricks with mortar joints. This allows them to match up modularly so you don't have to cut the bricks when you come to the end of a wall.
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Some of the bricks in the Great Wall of China are stamped with the name and number of the army unit responsible for their manufacture, allowing mistakes to be traced back to the maker.
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Approximately 96% of bricks manufactured in the U.S. are face brick, 2% are paving brick, and the remaining 2% are all other brick products.
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With its 318-ffoot tunnel kiln, Castaic Brick is able to produce close to 500 tons of brick a day.
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Narrator: A story as old a civilization. A simple alchemy of earth, water and fire. A timeless handicraft that has progressed to a mass production miracle. A durable building block and literally the brick and mortar of great cities. Now, Bricks, on Modern Marvels
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Cast: Victor Bochichhio Hamon Custodis, INC Dennis Edwards Bricklayer David Sovinski International Masonry Institute James Campbell Author, "Brick: A World History" John Hamill Historian Peter Minter Owner, Bulmer Bricks Matthew Postal Architectural Historian George V. Hutton Author, "Great Hudson River Brick Ind." John Rossi Haverstraw Brick Museum Tom Sullivan Brick Collector Chrysanthe Broikos National Building Museum David Friedman Castaic Brick J. Gregg Borchelt Brick Industry Association Vince Hodges National Training Center Student Ed Bellucci Director, National Training Center Joe Nootbaar Owner, Ghirardelli Square John Hare Structural Engineer, Holmes Culley Executive Producer: Don Cambou Producer: Kristina Djokic Writer: Kristina Djokic Line Producer: Paul Dzilvelis Editor: Lou Laprocido Narrator: Max Raphael Music: Alan Ett Music Group Producer: Bruce Nash Creator: Bruce Nash Production Manager: Sheila Collins Post Producer: Tim Knauff Clearance Supervisor: Katie Del Core Director of Research: Anthony Lacques Production Controller: Dani Eslin Accountant: Sheridan Liu Researcher: Mikki Del Monico Researcher: Sean Heckman Researcher: Tom Barclay Coordinator: Melinda Esquibel Coordinator: Brad Skiles Clearance Coordinator: D.W. Blakeslee Voice Over Coordinator: Mikki Del Monico Assistant Editor: Laura Steinhoff Assistant Editor: Josh Beckham Assistant Post Coordinator: Alexander Rubinow Post Assistant: Gaylen Kobayashi Camera: A. Curtis Guyer Camera: Derek Hanlon Camera: David Insley Camera: Jeff McMichael Camera: Lon Magdich Camera: Richard Neill Camera: Z Vidusin Camera: Warren Watson Field Audio: Daniel Cook Field Audio: Sam Insley Field Audio: Art Jaso Field Audio: Sam Salerno Field Audio: Robert Surenbroek Field Audio: Robert Waddilove Online Editor: John Price Sound Mixer: Ed Thacker Animation: Tak Productions, INC Historical/Technical Consultant: Denis Brosnan Historical/Technical Consultant: James Campbell Historical/Technical Consultant: David Friedman Special Thanks: Castaic Brick Bill Emberg Ronald Gregory Haverstraw Brick Museum International Masonry Institute Purple Mountain Press "Safety" Bob Schwartz Gerard Spady University of Illinois/Urbana Champaign Western Kentucky Energy Executive Producer: Beth Dietrich-Segarra Produced by: Actuality Productions, Inc 2005
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