MHS Archives: Manitoba Bricks and Blocks: Glossary

Term

Definition

Frog

A recess on one or both sides of a brick, created by inserting a spacer into the brick mould during manufacture. It creates a space for mortar that provides additional strength to the wall. An abbreviated form of the brickmaker name is sometimes shown in the frog, as follows: ABW ? AD Dykeman Yard ALSIP Alsip Brick, Tile and Lumber Company A S Co A. Snyder & Company B B Co Balmoral Brick Company B&C Redcliffe Brick Company (Redcliffe, Alberta) DMW Wardrop Brick and Tile Company F T Thomas Yard G P Gilbert Plains Brick Company HALES Robert Dorrell Hales H S Henry Stephens Brick Company LduB Co Lac du Bonnet Brick Company LEARY Leary Brickworks MJM M. J. Moran Brick Company (Grand Forks, North Dakota) M.J.Moran M. J. Moran Brick Company (Grand Forks, North Dakota) MORRIS Morris Brick Manufacturing Company MPBCo Manitoba Pressed Brick Company M S Co M. Snyder & Company NBC Neepawa Brick Company PlaP Portage la Prairie Brickyard Company PREMIER Redcliffe Brick Company (Redcliffe, Alberta) SIDNEY Sidney Brick and Clay Works Limited SNYDER Snyder Brick Yards SOURIS Payne & WIthers at Souris VIRDEN Virden Brick and Tile Company VWG ? WB Winnipeg Brick Company WOODS Wood’s Brick Company WRD Deloraine Brick Yard [William Richard David]

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We thank Frank Korvemaker and Shayne Campbell for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 12 December 2021

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. . Bricks | Blocks | People | Glossary 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. © 2010-2020 Randy Rostecki, Manitoba Historic Resources Branch, Gordon Goldsborough, and Manitoba Historical Society. All rights reserved.