During the Colonial period, bricks were often produced using a clamp kiln built temporarily on each job site. This winter, Tidewater Brick Co. fired its first batch of raw bricks in a clamp (shown here still in progress) at 1630 Meeting Street.
Fire bakes the bricks for three days.
American College of the Building Arts students helped construct the clamp.
Cary Briggs (left) with masonry professor Alton Staley
