Friday, October 23, 2015

Brick with a History........


This brick was on my property when I bought it.  It has a lot of history but I don't think it was from being used under my house.  The cement used to stick it to another brick or foundation still is attached.  I noticed from the photo that the two holes on the left are different sized from the one on the right.   I don't know why they would construct it that way. The arch on the left window means that possible the other two are also arched. 

It is a very heavy brick compared to the modern ones that I have around on the property.  I set it into the bottom of my stock tank/ fish pond.  I set the pump on it so it will be just the right height for circulation of the water and sometime a fountain spray. The brick used for my basement are red ceramic brick and maybe the stairs down from outside to the basement were originally made from some of these.  I don't have any other bricks like this on the property.

2 comments:

Valerie said...

It reminds me of the fancy edging on low walls. I seem to remember my grandfather building a similar kind of wall... and we used to watch mice and birds duck under the arches.

Betsy Brock said...

If bricks could talk! Lol...

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