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Ground clay is fed automatically to presses, which mould the bricks at high pressure between heated dies; pressure is applied in four steps, each progressively stronger than the last - which gave rise to the company's trade mark "Phorpres." | Ground clay is fed automatically to presses, which mould the bricks at high pressure between heated dies; pressure is applied in four steps, each progressively stronger than the last - which gave rise to the company's trade mark "Phorpres." | ||
1923 Formed from the merger of the [[London Brick Co]] and [[B. J. Forder and Son]].<ref>The Times, March 16, 1937</ref> | |||
1936 Company name changed to [[London Brick Co]]. | 1936 Company name changed to [[London Brick Co]]. | ||
Revision as of 22:46, 17 January 2020
Ground clay is fed automatically to presses, which mould the bricks at high pressure between heated dies; pressure is applied in four steps, each progressively stronger than the last - which gave rise to the company's trade mark "Phorpres."
1923 Formed from the merger of the London Brick Co and B. J. Forder and Son.[1]
1936 Company name changed to London Brick Co.
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- ↑ The Times, March 16, 1937