vitrified-brick

Updated: July 26, 2025

But by the time we were off, the cloud had lifted, and the sun gushed out with promise of a warm day. Throughout the morning, Pilgrim glided through a thickly settled district, reminding us of the Monongahela. Sewer-pipe and vitrified-brick works, and iron and steel plants, abound on the narrow bottoms.

Reuben Gold Thwaites - Afloat on the Ohio: An Historical Pilgrimage of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, from Redstone to Cairo

The factories and mills themselves generally wear a prosperous look; but the dependent towns vary in appearance, from clusters of shabby, down-at-the-heel cabins, to lines of neat and well-painted houses and shops. We visited the vitrified-brick works at New Cumberland, W. Va. It was the old story, too close a competition for profit, although the use of brick pavements is fast spreading.

Reuben Gold Thwaites - Afloat on the Ohio: An Historical Pilgrimage of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, from Redstone to Cairo