IMPORTED BRICKS
Brand name: RAVENS / WBI & Co
Company: W.B.I. and Company
Location: Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England?
Years: 1840s or later?
Type: Fire brick
Description: Brand name impressed within a shallow rectangle frog.
Comments: Believed to be an imported brick brought to California as ship ballast.
Direct evidence has yet to be established of a brick yard at Dewbury that may
have used the name "Raven's Lodge" which property belonged to Jonathan Greenwood. A fire
brick with the name "Raven's Lodge, Dewsbury" indicates that this could have
been the source of the brick carrying the Raven's brand name.
Source: Gurcke, Karl, 1987, Bricks and Brickmaking, p. 73; The Naylor Notebook (Bob Piwarzyk, 2006).
Comments or questions are welcomed.
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