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RUFFORD & Co. (Inprints on both frogs) STOURBRIDGE FIRE-CLAY has a world-wide reputation, and its importance in the manufacture of fire-bricks, glasshouse pots, and a variety, of other-purposes in connexion with the Industrial Arts need not be enlarged upon. Its chief value consists in its refractory character, which enables it to resist the highest temperatures without melting. As evidencing the importance of this industry, it may be stated that the quantity of clay raised in the Stourbridge district amounts to some 160,000 tons per annum, and the number of fire-bricks produced in a twelvemonth cannot be less than 40,000,000. Foremost among the Firms that have helped to develop this industry, is that of Messrs. Rufford & Co., Hungary Hill, Stourbridge, which was established early, in the present century. There are virtually two branches of the business. What are as the New Works are devoted to the manufacture of glazed bricks and porcelain baths. Covering two acres of ground, and being nearly, 1,000 feet long, these Works afford every facility for the expeditious and economical carrying on of the trade on a large scale. They have been specially planned to economise both time and labour throughout the manufacturing processes. The clay as well as the coal used are in the main mined in the Firm's own pits, whence, after the clay, has been ground and tempered in the mills, it is brought to the Works by means of a tramway. The workshops proper are three in number, and measure 150 ft. by 30 ft. They are heated by underground flues, and the bricks having been moulded by hand, are placed on the floor to dry. When duly "set," the accurate shaping of the bricks is insured by screw presses, and after this they are treated with a special composition, which, on the subsequent application of the glaze, makes the latter adhere to, and form an integral part of, the bricks. Drying in frames and baking in the kiln complete the work. |
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