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[CBQ] Re: Purington Pavers

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Subject: [CBQ] Re: Purington Pavers
From: zephyrus@rickadee.net
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 19:55:00 -0800
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At 05:48 PM 3/10/2005 -0600, Charlie wrote:

>The Purington is the brand of brick pavers used on most, if not all,
>Burlington brick station platforms.  The name "Purington" was on the brick
>(both faces???)

Well, I'll be! The Ashland platform brick is marked "PURINGTON BRICK"
("PURINGTON is a shallow arch over "BRICK".)  It is 8-1/4" long, 2-3/4"
high and 3-3/4" wide at the ends, tapering to 3-7/8" wide at the center.
Apparently something heavy was set on it while it was still green.  There
is no marking on the back.  My example is not perfect--one top corner is
chipped, and the surface of the chip is not quite as weathered as the rest
of the brick face.  But I cherish it because I know it came from the
Ashland platform.  It was in a heap of rubble across the tracks from the
depot.

The one photo I have of Ashland that is clear enough shows the bricks laid
in stretcher bond pattern (straight rows with offset joints).

Best regards,

Randy

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