tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-998936422915177299.post5303343935697494288..comments2024-03-18T13:17:32.874-05:00Comments on Rensselaer Adventures: Paving BricksDessert Survivorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04616064444288249273noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-998936422915177299.post-20659550673742723282022-05-21T07:28:53.268-05:002022-05-21T07:28:53.268-05:00Do you know where /If these bricks could be purcha...Do you know where /If these bricks could be purchased for a residential project?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-998936422915177299.post-10837292145731476192021-06-04T15:51:53.342-05:002021-06-04T15:51:53.342-05:00On a Route 66 travel adventure from Mo to Chicago ...On a Route 66 travel adventure from Mo to Chicago we traced the original route through Lincoln, IL. We traced the route between 2 cemeteries and was Illinois State Road 4 in 1921, then Route 66 in 1926. I found Brazil paving bricks near the old, now demolished Salt Creek (Ghost) Bridge that were used for the IL state road/Route 66 I am guessing. DWRDavid Reynoldsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-998936422915177299.post-53777270583451938992011-07-12T22:45:45.652-05:002011-07-12T22:45:45.652-05:00Many of the streets of older sections of towns in ...Many of the streets of older sections of towns in New York, Philadelphia and other cities were paved with bricks. Apparently United States would send supplies to Europe,and bricks were loaded into the ships to weight them down for transport back to the United States, instead of sending the ship back empty. There were so many bricks that they used them to pave streets.Rigbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14723756247204375926noreply@blogger.com