Blog September 22, 2009
Restoration Underway
The John Price Brick Press. Photo: Bill DeneauWhen decades of clay and mud have been chipped away, the historic John Price Brick Press will look like new.
This important restoration work is being led by Shawn Selway who specializes in historic preservation. Shawn has worked on fascinating projects across the country including the pump house of the Hamilton Museum of Steam and Technology, which contains a pair of walking beam steam engines unique to Canada. He also worked on the historic Cape Bonavista Lighthouse in Newfoundland during the high winds of tropical storm Michael. As the storm progressed, the lighthouse was actually struck by lighting, which is a rare occurrence of in that part of the island. Thankfully no one was hurt.
Working on the The John Price Brick Press should be less perilous, but just as interesting. Originally used at the brick plant on Greenwood Avenue, the press was shipped over to the Brick Works in the early 1960s. When working at its peak, the press could churn out 3,000 pressed bricks per hour.
The press is the first of many Brick Works heritage artifacts that will either be restored or repurposed for future use.
Comments
Dear evergreen brick works i a orry but some of your partnerships are highly questionable,misrepresenting them as mentors for youth but cannot walk the talk.some partners spreaded out outrageous rumours against a volunteer wich has caused grief to the volunteer to refuse to give its own free time just for the pleasure of helping an organisation towards wellness of a community.this horror story which I have witnessed the impact on the volunteer,i will no longer donate in any shape or form to any agency related to evergreen brick works which the screening process of certain agencies that are just in for the sakes of prestige it could bring to them!the volunteer poured in 110% to its position but instead of having a thank you got grief and lost faith in its cause which this person had a heart to give for the pleasure is now highly discouraged not to even have a formal letter of apology.it is in great sadness,like i mentionned above that my contribution will no longer be present.
Hi Joe.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts here. We take this kind of thing very seriously and would like to learn more about your experience. Our program and volunteer staff are not aware of any incident like this taking place.
I sincerely hope you will phone or email me (or any of our staff) directly so we can discuss.
Christine Martin
Volunteer Manager
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416-596-1495 x251