12-03-2009, 10:16 PM
As an observer of bricklaying, I would like to comment on Doctorwayne's picture of the Brantford freight shed.
The brick pattern is Flemish Bond, which I think is the most attractive form. This is characterised by alternating headers and stretchers (or the ends and the sides of the bricks). The headers hold together 2 layers of bricks, done in a time when the bricks actually held up the structure. The result is made fancier by using 2 contrasting colours of brick.
(sorry, this is one of my enthusiasms. I am collecting pictures for a thread on it.)
The brick pattern is Flemish Bond, which I think is the most attractive form. This is characterised by alternating headers and stretchers (or the ends and the sides of the bricks). The headers hold together 2 layers of bricks, done in a time when the bricks actually held up the structure. The result is made fancier by using 2 contrasting colours of brick.
(sorry, this is one of my enthusiasms. I am collecting pictures for a thread on it.)
David
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.