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Hacking Brick is Harder Than It Looks

Dear Editor,

It seems that almost anybody watching someone work believes they can do the job as well or better than the person who is actually doing it, especially if the person watching has never done it before. When I hired on at the brickyard in Lewistown in 1974, the boss pointed to a group of workmen taking wet brick off a conveyer belt and stacking them on small railcars which were then pushed into the kiln for firing. This was called “hacking brick.” read more