MHS Resources: Manitoba Bricks and Blocks: Crookston Yard

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People involved in brick and block-making in Manitoba
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A glossary of terms relating to bricks and blocks
Glossary

The Crookston brick yard was in operation near Emerson in the 1880s.

Projects

Building

Location

Year

Status

Fairbanks House

Roseau Street, Emerson

1881

 

Fairbanks Block

Main Street, Winnipeg

?

 

Carney House

Emerson

?

 

Sources:

Manitoba Brick Yards by Randy Rostecki, Manitoba Historic Resources Branch Report, May 2010.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 9 May 2020

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Manitoba Bricks and Blocks

A history of the manufacture of bricks and concrete blocks in Manitoba, based on research by Randy Rostecki for the Manitoba Historic Resources Branch and supplemented by information compiled by Gordon Goldsborough of the Manitoba Historical Society. .

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We thank Hugh Arklie, Gordon McDiarmid, and Heather Bertnick for their help in the development of this online guide. Financial support of the Thomas Sill Foundation is gratefully acknowledged. Additional information was provided by Ina Bramadat, David Butterfield, Neil Christoffersen, Frank Korvemaker, Ed Ledohowski, Ken Storie, Lynette Stow, and Tracey Winthrop-Meyers.

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