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2. Fire brick - Wikipedia

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   A fire brick, firebrick, fireclay brick, or refractory brick is a block of ceramic material used in lining furnaces, kilns, fireboxes, and fireplaces. A refractory brick is built primarily to withstand high temperature, but will also usually have a low thermal conductivity for greater energy efficiency. Usually dense fire bricks are used in ...

3. Firewall (construction) - Wikipedia

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   Firewall residential construction, separating the building into two separate residential units, and fire areas Example of a firewall used to inhibit the spread of a fire at an electrical substation. A firewall is a fire-resistant barrier used to prevent the spread of fire. Firewalls are built between or through buildings, structures, or ...

4. Evens & Howard Fire Brick Co. - Wikipedia

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   The Evens & Howard Fire Brick Company was a manufacturer of fire bricks, sewage pipe and gas retorts in what is now the Cheltenham neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri. It was founded formally in 1855 as the Cheltenham Fireclay Works and achieved sales as far away as Quebec [1] and Africa. One source dates the beginning of the company back to ...

5. Fire clay - Wikipedia

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   Fire clay in a furnace. Fire clay is a range of refractory clays used in the manufacture of ceramics, especially fire brick.The United States Environmental Protection Agency defines fire clay very generally as a "mineral aggregate composed of hydrous silicates of aluminium (Al 2 O 3 ·2SiO 2 ·2H 2 O) with or without free silica."

6. Fire in Brick home kills two cats. Resident, awakened by ...

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   March 28, 2024 at 4:39 PM. BRICK−A smoke detector alerted a Brick woman to an early-morning fire in her home on Northrup Drive Wednesday that claimed the lives of two cats, Brick fire officials ...

7. Harbison-Walker Refractories Company - Wikipedia

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   March 20, 1990. The Harbison-Walker Refractories Company is a national historic district and historic refractory brick manufacturing complex which is located in Mount Union in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It originated as the Star Firebrick Company on March 7, 1865, with Articles of Association by a group of Pittsburgh and Allegheny residents.